Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-10

in treating womans diseases. is great
er than that of any living physician.
male or female" Mr.. Lovegood
chuckled and said. That's what love
about you. my dear. You are so ready
to believe without question when
there's a bargain in view. If you were
a little fish, I'd catch you every time
with rubber worm If l put a bargain
sign above the hook
oh, do be serious for once" cried
Mrs. Lovegood. Then, to be serious"
he replied. this woman doesn't claim
10 be physician. She would claim 10
be a physician If she could because.
she is trying to convey the impression
in every other way than by a direct
claim that she IS physician. She is
not therefore a physician and can
never have practiced medicine. Yet
not being physician and therefore
never having practiced medicine she
claims to have had experience in
treating woman's diseases. greater
than any living physician Now the
question is, since she never practiced
| medicine. where did she get that ex-
perence?"
We'll. that is So" Mrs. Lovegood
somewhat reluctantly admitted but
| then she Us a woman" I'm not so
sure about that even" said her nus
band. 1T looks to me as if some man
was working the women with the
| bearded lady act
Bearded lady act. Do You mean to
say that they have dime museum
| freaks for doctors? Why you must be
foolish, or else amazingly prejudiced"
cried his Wife.
You are too literal. my dear said
Mr.. Lovegood. What l mean by the
| bearded lady act is that some man is
posing as woman. writing over
woman's signature or using woman
| as a stalking horse, assuming a
woman's character to mislead The
bearded lady of the show is always a
freak and generally a fraud. The
point in this advertisement we are dis.
cussng is that you are asked to write
| to woman, the implication being
that the woman is competent to give
and will give you qualified and valu-
able medical advice. But as it isn't
specified that the woman is a physi-
clan there's no infraction of the law.
! The probabilities are that there isn't a
| the whole so-caled medical cores
| pondence' is done by lot of girl
clerks
oh" Mrs. Lovegood interjected,
that's what it means then when they
say that only women see the CORE
spondence.'
Exactly, my dear" continued her
| husband. land suppose the woman in
the advertisement is a real woman and
| not the bearded lady, there's your
dressmaker, who is also a woman not
to speak Of Mrs. Flanagan the cooks
mother who is a really excellent
woman. If wonans not doctor
then one wOman's as good as another
and it's foolish going to stranger
hundreds of miles distant for the sym
pathy which friends at home can bet
ter supply. And as for a man not I'M
derstanding Woman's diseases because
he's man. that is the cheapest sort of
claptrap. Who have done the DOCTOR
ing in the past 1000 years? The men.
Where must the modern woman physi-
clan go for her knowledge? To schools
taught by men and books written by
men. IL this woman. who claims men
don't understand woman's diseases
should ever take to the study of medi-
cine. she'd have to Zoe taught every
thing she knew by the men who don't
know anything according to her opin-
ion. The problem is. how a man who
don't know anything about woman's
diseases can teach woman to know
everything about them. l give DIT up."
Then you wouldn't write" said Mrs.
Lovegood doubtfully.
Write: What for?' said her husband
Write to a woman? What s the use
OF writing to a woman? If you want
10 write, write to doctor. The first
question in sickness is not a question
OF sex but question of
medfcal ability and qualifications
Ihere's no sex in medicine anyhow. IL