A Word of Wisdom on “Female Diseases” — 1898 | Historical Records
10 min readJan 2, 2024
“It is the habit of a great many practitioners, when they are not able to
make a diagnosis, to say, ‘female trouble.’ I think I know of several cases where women have been hurried to their graves by having their wombs treated, when perhaps rest and hygienic surroundings was all they needed.”
~ Country Doctor Near Coloma, Missouri | 1898