Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-21
SUGGESTIONS IN TINE.
WHAT A WOMAN OF PROMINENCE IN
THE MEDICAL WORLD HAS TO
SAY ABOUT HER sen.
WHAT ARE WoMEN,s RIGHTS

In all ages of the world, poets, scien-
lists, and men of prominence have
looked with enthusiasm often akin to
reverence upon woman; but 1t is only
within the last few years that she has
begun to assume her right place, not
only in society, but with the world in
general. Why so desirable an end
should have been so long delayed it is
difficult to understand; but that 1t has
a. last come is certainly cause for graf
itude. In her social sphere, in her
mental development and especially IN
her physical Improvement, woman has
shown wonderful advancement, and
such as astonishes the world.
They who have made careful in
vestigation tell us that heather women
are much more able to endure pain
than are the women OF civilization, but
civilized women would resent the
charge that they are weaker because
they are civilized. distinguished
writer says. If the women Of civiiiza-
tion are less able to endure the taxation
of their physical resources than are
heather women, it Is mere accidental
circumstance, and one within their con-
troll"
Let us consider for moment the
possibilities which present themselves
to every woman. When the body is
healthy, beauty is certain to appear,
even in features and forms once plain;
indeed, it is the only known way to
become beautiful, and all preparations,
powders and laces are contemplate de-
lusions. With health and beauty in all
their attractiveness a new life dawns,
Enjoyment Begins,
and all the luxurious attendants of
healthy body come forth. The maiden
feels the glorious possibilities of life;
the mother becomes conscious of the
grandeur of maternity and the joys OF
family. All this is not only womans
privilege, it is her duty, and it en-
bodies the highest definition OF WON
ans Rights
After enumerating many Of the bless
ings that follow perfect health, the
speaker continued:
All these desirable things can be
accomplished, but in one way only.
The Creator has given both woman
and man perfect physical forms, and
each is constitutionally equal to all
natural demands, 1t is a mistaken and
pernicious notion that one Is strong
and the other weak No curse was
pronounced upon woman which did not
apply with equal penalty against man.
If women believe the fatalism that
disease is a necessary condition of their
existence, it is chiefly because the dis
ciples Of the schools of medical prac-
tice have been utterly incapable of
competing with the multitude of ills,
which, by personal carelessness or pro-
fessional incompetency, they have per-
mitted to faSten upon women.
a few weeks ago | received call
from charming lady whose earnest
face clearly showed that she desired adj
vice and assistance. Upon questioning
her, she stated that she believed she
was suffering from a paralyzed liver
and wished to know if l could in any
way aid her recovery. Now, imperfect
as her statement was in regard to the
disease which troubled her, there is no
doubt that
Thousands of Women
are suffering to-day, from similar trOu-
bles, who do not recognize their cause
so nearly as this lady did. Paralysis
means death of the member paralyzed,
and torpidity of the liver is the first
stage of it's dissolution. This is one of
the most serious questions than can
arise in the experience Of any woman,
for torpid and diseased liver cannot
be cured at once, and it carries with. it
the elements of disease to all the other
parts of the system. With an imper-
feet liver, biliousness, languor, sense
of bearing down, constipation, dis