The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-08
A Physicians Views.


A Physicians Views.
Women, in my experience, are much
drawer, endowed with much more in
trinsic courage than men, was his
thoughtful dictun1. "A man frequently
will bear severe pain with stoical en-
durance when he must, but ] think
that as rule he does better for the
stimulus of pride or outside attention
The presence OF curious spectators has
helped MANY a man TO face pain or
violent death bravely. But woman.
perhaps partly by the simple reason of
the long heritage of pain that makes
of SO many women unconscious hero
ines, seldom goes to pieces under the
ordeal of suffering, even when all out
side assistance or attention is re-
moved
Women, in fact, are so we'll used to
varied suffering that they accept ii as
a matter of course" put in the woman
of the world quietly. 1T may be that
the very race feeling of patient suffer-
ing, Of intimacy with pain. helps them
in, a way impossible to men,
The doctor smiled quiet assent, but
went on with his Interrupted line of
thought notwithstanding.
1.-The instinct of courage i'm the face
of pains seems to be born ilf women. -
he continued. "a forty-pound girl
child frequently will endure more pain
without groan than would the normal
college athlete. When the hysterica1
age dawns girls make more fuss about
suffering, but even then they are much
Drawer, relatively speaking. than boys
of the same age and physical calibre.
And I've seen frail, slight delicate wo-
men endure, in perfect silence, treat
ment and operations without anesthet-
les that / would scarce dare suggest to
the bravest man of my acquaintance
and 1 know some brave fellows. more
over. And this i'm spite of the we'll rec
ognized fact that a woman's highly or
ganized and sensitive nervous system
undoubtedly helps her to suffer rather
I than endure"
Calls Woman the Drawer.
And it isn't only i'm the realm of the
| physical that women prove the drawer
of the two" again interjected the wo-
man of the world. MY experience has
been almost as wide and varied, in it's
way, as that of the doctor, and while
! I'm no; an abject admirer OF my own
sex, by any means, do reverence its
courage and bravery. The long trained
and fostered instincts of womanly
pride. reserve, and putting the best foot
| forward undoubtedly help much in this
I direction. but who has not seen or
known some woman who stood ar
| straight, bravely smiling and facing the
world, while her masculine relative
! bent under the same trouble? What
woman would think of giving up, lay
! ing down under the sorrow, distress OF
even disgrace that might affect her
/ family. tear out her very heartstrings
Don't we call such conduct 'unwoman-
! ly' when it occasionally is noticed
! And who so quick and sure and strong
despite the instructive horror witt
which women regard family or finan-
cial disaster. to stand by and support
| the family sinner? Why, the world il
full of white-haired. white-faced. but
always smiling women, who have beer
crucified for the sake of and by others
but who refuse to be worsted in the
conflict or even admit to the world thai
! the conflict exists And if this ISM
courage, l don't know what is.
"A woman. too, is Drawer than a mar
when it comes 70 hiding a sick sorrow
enduring clean one. making the bes
of bad sentimental bargain-the hard
est of all efforts.
"A splendid but by no means remark
able instance of this fact came under
my observation lately. Two member.
of single family. a brother and sister
| suffered each a similar and distressing
heartbreak. a happy love affair beins
suddenly cut off. in each case. in Z
most pitiable, pathetic manner, a man
ner that precluded the relief of opeI
expression of grief. The man, deter
mined TO keep his woes TO himself. wa:
not able to deceive any one as to hi
mental condition. Few knew just VIVA
had happened TO him. but all knew tina
he was sadly changed and altered. HI
/ grew taciturn, moody, surly, refused L
| take part in any pleasure or recreation
! grew careless of his personal appear
ance. was stern and repellent even I,
! his best friends.
| THE woman, no less soul sick am
teart weary. lifted up her sorrow
/ bra 1-eIy shut IL sacredly AWAY from