Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-14
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON yENEREAL,
Dr. G. H. TOZEM, saernmento.


There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeper Importance, either in medical OF
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
as m, dical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects LIE and hedttb; and our ef-
forts directed, not to the reformation of mans Vi
cious propensites, but to the mitigation OF ms bodily
SuTerings. 1t is in this abstract write Of
Veneredt affections. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II his
feelings ara 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 enlghted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alec
ons in their nature repusye to delicate sen iblties
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 allow view Of it and regard it only as labor, is
dsagreesble In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
pbysical pain and moral nhrmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-rc clouded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence of his fol-
ly elf-ndugence, the qualification OF appettes The
eXhausting toll of avarce. the feversh lpbors for hu
man applause all produce their baneiul effects WpOn
tie Constitution. But to the medical attendant the
moral aspects are not TO have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
Atthe 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
to relieve bodily nhrmiteS, whenever and however
tkev appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science. Ii 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
tator of much that is dsagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfacto of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it is through such road that
Benevoerce has the widest scope, and with the
richest return for its labors.
Or all the affections that aiiict man, there is no
one terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful it is to the person who st contracts it,
lrghlu frequently are ITS ravages in his constitu-
ton, ending occasionally an destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeOusy manifested
to the eve covered with blutches and sores with
wrnklcd faces, having the appearance of old ago
and it is probable that every particle of the living
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
u condition exists, it cannot be doubted that life viii
too frequently be short and full of pain.
SCKoFULA, 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 far as practicable to
Etttdicdte SYphiis from tie World Would it not
seem ttat disease SO prevalent aud so dreiu ought
to excite the -eepest interest among the medical men
both as respects its true pathology and its reame u
What excuse can he Oer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
aguatiun the disease is loathsOm that it is
usreputable one To haNei ana a disgusting To
treatY Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but it will not satisfy scet ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with altering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upOn
him double obgation-Une, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member OF noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain q reputation
for atanmens and skill. There are practitiou-
ers, indeed there many 1cbO are ignorant OfUel-
ered discusses because they fancy it is reapecta-
bic to treat tnemOf all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will be found
deficient in all other points, and not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has Just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the respectdbHHy Of
Diseases All maladies are alike fit subjects for his
care and reflection; ana 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-
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. TOZER, NJ. D.