Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-04
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vENEREAL,
DR. G. III. TOZER, Sacramento.

There are no maadies to which the human family is
liable Of deeper fnpoHdhce either in a medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. .
as me ,dical men, il is our business to look at dis
ease merely as affects life and hedith; and our ef-
forts directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propensities but to the mitigation of his bodily
suTerings. 1t is in this abstract sense we write of
Tenered Affections. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II his
feelings allowed TO influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be hmi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enghted practitioner, it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aec-
ons in their nature repulsve to delicate Utilities
be regarded in other light than as morbid phenn-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art when we
take low view of it and regard 1t only as labor, is
dsagreeGble In any form, disease is Unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both of
physical pain and moral nfrmity, Struck NY dis.
ease, the attractive parts of mans natcre are couded
over; his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character in a word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his own fol-
y self indulgence, the grafcaton of appetites, the
eNhausting toll of avarice the feversh lgbors for hu
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
the best human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for a medical man to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited the phianthrOpc
heart VIII feel that it is pleasure well duty
tev appear. This is the higher and nober view of
medical science 1t devotes itself to the mitigation of
paIu, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
heal h. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
ator Of much that is disagreeabe, But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisactiO of feeling that athor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through suclf road that
BenevOerce has the widest scope, and meets with the
richest return for its lGbols.
OF all the affections that ailct man, there Is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
np.tu a ia tn siaa ttla
frightful as frequently its rayAges in his consttu
ton, ending occasionally in destruction yet it is
disease OF deeper interest, and more to be amented
when transmitted to offspring Children often cone
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and with
wrnkled faces, having the appearance Of old aga;
and 1t is probable that every particle Of the living
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
Il condition exists, it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently he short and full Of pam.
SCROFUL, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, in many cases, its fruit ;
and way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is rs far aS practicable, to
! Eg6dicdte Syphlis from tie Void Would it not
seem that IA disease prevalent and direfu ought
to excite the -eelest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatme II
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
hi uself surgeon and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and IS ignorant Of the best
means checking 1t and preventing any future evil
consequences Is il enough for him to say the inn
aguaton the disease is II lOathsUm that IL Is a
disreputahe one to have, and disgusting one to
treatE Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy HIM
who has better, but it will not satisfy sce, ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest cOntented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of Investigation and study. He
not be satisfied with altering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well. He feels resting upon
him double OblgatioL-One, the duty he to the
public, TO whom he announces that he is "A quail fed
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain n reputation
for atlanmens and skill. There practition.
ers, indeed there many lcbo are ignorant 0fUeR-
eredt diseases, because they fancy it not respeca-
bic to treat lem-Of all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases atone; they will he found
deficient in all other points, and are not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has just appreciation OF the medical art
will not know any difference in the rCSpectdbHy Of
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
and reflection and the only distinction that he
acknowledges is that which arises from their greater
or less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed direct
his practice in particular channel, so that his bus-
will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another; but this is not because he regards
as beneath orunworthy his notice.
Q II. TOZER, NJ D.