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422 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
daughter to him, and to find, with horror, that she had
subjected her to the beastly pollution of an old lecher.
I do not say that all doctors who make female dis
eases a speciality are alike infamous in their motives
and practices. Many are well-meaning, ignorant men ;
many are merely mercenary. Nearly all do mischief.
The result of all the attention paid to this subject, all
the medicines and instruments, is, that never were dis
eases of this class so common, or so incurable in the
common practice, as at the present time. The books
and professors are all at fault. They have no knowl
edge of the causes or nature of these diseases, and no
idea of their proper treatment. Women are every
where shamefully outraged and abused. Civilization is
a car of Juggernaut, which crushes millions of victims;
but none suffer as women suffer. When the full chap
ter of woman's wrongs and sufferings is written, the
world will stare aghast with horror at the hideous spec
tacle, and we shall be ashamed of the petty subjects of
our present fashionable philanthropies.
I know that I am touching now on delicate ground.
I know how much women think of their doctors. Poor
woman of civilization, with your oppressions and diseases,
you
have at least two comforts—
your minister and your
doctor. And you will not be too hard on me for telling
you some truth ; for you will say, " Whatever other
ministers and other doctors may be, mine are dif
ferent!"
Very well ! It is not my business to take from you
any source of consolation. It is simply my duty to tell
you the truth about the nature and cause of your dis
eases, and how they may be prevented and cured.