Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-14

the advertisement again. "Woli. no.
! gucHs lt doesn't say she's physician,
but % means the same thing Tor u Gays
| that ~ ~ q woman whose experience
I IN tr"rt.ng wnman's diseases, IN greater
than that ~ any living phyalcian. male
or female" Mr.. Luyegnod ChuCkled
aud said, "Thntn what love about
you. my denr. You are M ready 60 be-
l.rNo without question when there's
/ bargain IN view. n you were little
nHh. IA catch you every time with a
rubber worm " ! put "a bargain sian
I above the hook"
"Oh' d1 be- serious for once" cried
/ Mrs l.DyeEood. "Thcn. o. be- serious.
I he replied. this woman doesn't
I claim g. be- n physician. She would
| claim 10 he "A physician n she could.
because. she II trying 90 convey the
/ Impression In every other way than hy
n direct claim that she N "a physician.
She IN not therefore physician ana can
never have practlccd medicine, Yet
not being physician aud therefore
never having prnticcd medicine. Hhe
claims 30 have had experience In
/ treating womnn'n diseases. greater than
any living physician. Now the
| question H. since rhe never pructicrd
medicine, where did she Eet that cN-
/ periencc2'
We'll. that IL 90" Mrs. Lovogood
somewhat Reluctantly admitted. hut
D ANNW HNN ~ - hNflNfH th NNA ~
sur. about that avon." said her hus-
band. 1t looks 10 IN. NJ II some man
I was working tho women with tho
/ bearded lady act"
"IIcHrdod lady aciI ID you mean 10
say that they have dime museum freaks
/ Tor duciursf Why you must h. fool
irh. Or else amazingly prejudiced,'
cried his wife.
You are too literal. my dear" said
Mr.. Lovegn0d. what I mean by the
bearded lady act IL that some man u
posing a. a woman. writing over
woman's signature or using "a woman ~
q stalking horse. assuming u wOmnn'F
character 90 mlElead. The 'hrlfied
lady NJ the show IL always a freak and
generally a. fraud. The point ln fhls
advertisement We are discussing II that
you are asked tu write 10 a woman
tho implication being thai the woman
IN competent 90 give and viii give you
qualified and valuable medical advice.
Hut a. II Isn't specified shat the 'wu-
man n a physician there's n, iniraciion
90 the law. The probabilities arr that
there isn't a qualified doctor around the
place, ana she whole so-called medical
correspond Ia done BY a lot Of gln
clerks"
"Ohl" Mrs. I.nvorood intorjectcd.
that's what u means then when they
say that only women see the cores
p1ndence.
Exactly my dear" continued her
husband. "and suppose the woman IN
the advertise mcnt IL real woman and
not the bearded lady there's your
dressmaksr, who II alsp a woman, not
90 speak m Mrs. Flanagan the cooks
mother who n a really excellent
woman n wuman'H NOT a doctor
then one wnmnn's ~ good aa another
ana ~ foolish going 90 stranger
hundreds ~ miles distant for the sym
patty which friends al home can better
supply. And a. Tor man not under
standing Wuman's disease because he's
"a man. this h. the cheapest sort ~ elan.
Trap. Who have done the doci0rlng In
the past two thousand years. Tho
men, where must the modern woman
physician 80 fur her knowledge To
schools eaugh, by men and books
written by mon. N this woman, whn
claims men don't understand wpman's
diseases. should ever take Co the study
on medicine. she'd have to be taught
everything she knew by the men WIN
opinion. The problem g. how q man
who don't know anything about
womhn'E diseases can teach a woman 10
know everything about them. 1 give Il
up"
''Thcn you wouldn't write" sald Mrs.
Lovrgood. douhtfully.
write, What forf' said her hul- |
band. "Wrlts 20 woman? What's |
she use OF wr.;lng to a woman n You |
want 90 write, write 20 a DOCTOR The |
frst question In sickness Il not a quas- |
tlon 81 sex hut question ~ medical |
ability ana qualifications. There's no |
rex In medicine anyhow. n you want |
90 write why not write to a man Of med |
teal standing, specialist like Or. x. v. |
Pierce OF Buffalo, n. Y. You know he's /
regularly graduated doctor. You |
know he's a good one ana az ghe head |
NJ a great medical institution. You |
know he's had thirty years experience.
nearly a score NJ, skilled specialists
;reated more than hair million women.
who freely conndcd In the Integrity NJ |
the man and the SKIN OF the physician.
President Garfield once said OF Dr.
Pierce, ne l. one NJ TIE hes; men IN the
world, and he Il az ghe head OF one N
the best medical institutions In the
world There's nothing new about this
free consultation by letter. my dear. ID |
has been feature ~ DR.. plerco's prac-
tire for years, In fact Tor more than
quarter nt a century. Write tn him
because ynu'll get the bes, advice and
no string tied 20 u. 80 10 speak"
But" querled Mrs. LoVego0l, "do
YOU think even though Dr. Pierce il
uuailned physician, and ranks 80 high
as a specialist. he can treat disease by
correspnndrnceT
II dnnN Soc why not" answered Mr..
I.oveg0nd. Medical science Is wheeling
into Tine with everything else, and
dropping the hocua pocus Of the middle
ages The divinity that hedged in