Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-16
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vESEREAL,
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There are no mslades to which the human family Is
liable OF deeDer inheritance, either in medical or
moral point Of view than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. . n,
AS medical men, it is business to look at dis-
ease merely as it affects life and bedth; and our Ell
forts are directed, not to the reformation oil mans "
cious propensities, but to the mitigation OF his Dodly
suferings. 1t is in this abstract sense we Wrte Oh
TelereM AfecionS And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that are most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighted practitioner, II Is as essental
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tions in their repusve to delicate sensbties,
be regarded in no other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
| The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of it and regard it only as labor, is
dsagreeable In any form, disease unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both OF
| physcal pain and moral nirmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat2re are couded
over; his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his own fol-
ly selfindulgence the qualification Of appettes, the
eXhaustng toll of aVarce the feNersh lGDors dor hu-
man applause, all produce their banefu ELECTS upon
the Constitution. But TO the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon MS
skill or his cares.
Attic best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to learn and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
to relieve bodily infrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is The higher and nober view Of
medical science. 1t deyotes itseft to the mitigation of
paiu, the abatement of disease the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is disagleeabe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling that alhor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevornce has the widest scope and meets with the
richest return for its labors.
or all the affections that aict man, there is
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as it is to the person who first contracts it,
frighu frequently its ravages in his constitu
tion, ending occasionally an destruction yet is
disease of deeper interest, and to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces having the appearance Of old ago ;
and it is probable that every particle Of the living
gansn 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, in many cases. its fruit !;
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections, is, far practicable, to
Eradicate SypliJis from the World Would IL not
seem that disease prevalent and direful ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant Of the best
means of checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
aginaton the disease is a loathsom that it is
disreputabe one to have and a disgusting one to
treatY Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scieLce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will 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 smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain n reputation
for attainments and skill There practition-
ers, indeed there many, 9cO are ignorant QfUen-
eedt Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
Bile to treat tn em-Of all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dtone they will be 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 respectdbiJHy 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, that his busi
will be inclined to class of Affections rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
@. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.