Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-03
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
nr. G. EE. TONETs. sacramento

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There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeDer iiDOitdnce, either in medical
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS me dical men, it is business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects lie and hedtth; and our ef-
forts directed not TO the reformation Of mans Vi
cious propensites, but to the mitigation Of his bodily
sunerngs. II is in this abstract sense write of
VeBeredE affections. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II his
feelings are allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be lmi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes.
TO become cnliged practitioner it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tions, in their nature repusive to delicate enibes
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 1t only as labor is
dsagreeGbe one. In any fOrm disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
physical pain and moral infrmity, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts of mans nat@re couded
over; his pride is humbed; his intellect ie disturbed ;
his whole character, in "a word is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence Of his own fol
y self indulgence the gratica ton of appetites, the
eNhaustng toll of avarce the feversh labors for hu-
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
tie Constitution. But TO the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skin or his
Att the best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phanthropic
!
to relieve bodily nfrmities, whenever and however
they appear This is the higher and nobler 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
taor of much that is disagreeable But he reward
cd by the lofty sasfacto of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets with the
richest return for its labors
OF all the affections that afllict man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful it is to the person who fl st contracts it,
frighiu as frequently are its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally IN deStJ traction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeOusy manifested
to the eye covered with blOtches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance Of old ags /;
and il is probable that every particle of the living or
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
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 way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is, as far as practicable to
Erddicdte Syphilis frOns the World Would il not
seem that disease so prevalent and direful ought
to excite the eepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects IFS true pathology and its treatme
What excuse he offer for his deficiency who calls
himself surgeon and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, ignorant of the bast
means checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences? Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is loathsom one that it is
usItputdbie oHe to nave, ana "a disgusting to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better but it will not satisfy sceL ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of it. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study lie can
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge Of what
he is bound 10 understand well. He feels resting upon
him double obgation-one, the duty he owes 80 the
public, to whom he announces that he is n qualified
member of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain a reputation
for attainments and skill. There some pracition-
ers indeed there are many, gctO are ignorant ofpe-
ereW diseases because they fancy 1t is not respecta
bic to treat tn nem-0f all such persons it may be as
serted as beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined TO these diseases atone, they will be found
deficient in all other points, and are not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has "A just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the reSpectdLiLav OF
diseases Allmaladies are 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 particular channel, that his bust
ness will be inclined to class of actions rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
g. Ii. T0ZER, NJ D.