Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-08
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vEyEREAL,
DIR. c. II. TOzEgs, Sacramento.


There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeper importance, either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS medical men, it Is our business to look at dis
merely as it affects lite and hed{th; and our eff
forts directed not to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propenses, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
sufTerirgs. 1t is in this abstract write of
VenereH affections. And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be limi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
70 become an enlghted practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and atIec
tions in their nature repusive to delicate sen,btes
be regarded in no other light than morbid pheno-
| mena af the LIVING BODY.
| The whole business Of the medical art when
take low view Of it and regard it only as labor, is
disagreeSbe In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
! physica pain and moral inirmity, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts of mans nat@re clouded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his fol
ly; sefindulgeuce, the gratiGcation of appetes The
eXhaustng toll of avarice the feverish pbors for hui
man applause, all produce their baneiu effects Up0n
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
AT the best human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for u medical man to learn and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phanthrOpc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well as a duty
to relieve bodily inhrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nober view of
medical science. 1t devoes tselfo the mitigation of
paiu the abatement of disease the restoration to
heal h. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that disagreeabe. But he is reward
ed By the lofty satsiGcto of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets with the
richest return for its abors
or all the affections that alIlict man, there Is no
more terrible in its consequt nces than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it to the person who list contracts it,
frghtful frequently lis ravages in his constitu
tion, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and to be lamened
when transmitted to offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eye; covered with botches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old aga;
and it is probable that every particle of the living
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
a condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
| too frequently be short and full Of pain
ScRoFULA, CONSUMPTION and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases. its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable to
! Erddicdte Syptilis from tie World Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and direfu ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatne
What excuse he offer for his deficiency who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
The disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
! means o checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is loathsom that it is
| disreputabe one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such may, probably, satisfy him
VINO mas no Detteri but II VIII not satisfy sciece
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contened with knowing
only limited part of H. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with n sMattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obllgation-One the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is II qualified
member of noble profession the other the duty he
owes TO himself, to make and maintain reputation
for atiainmens and skill There some praciition-
ers, indeed there are many, lChO ignorant of ce
eret diseases, because they fancy it not reepecta-
bic to treat tnem-Of all such persons it may be as
serted as beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will he found
deficient in all other points, and not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has Just appreciation of the medical art,
viii not know any difference in the FeSpectdbi6Y Of
diseases. All malades alike fit subjects for his
care 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 aparticuar channel, that his busi-
ness will be inclined to class of Affections rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or worthy his notice
Z. II. T0ZER, NJ D.