Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-31
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vENEREAL,
nr q H. TOZER, sacramento.

There are no maadies to which the human family Is
liable Of deeDeF importance, either III a medleal or
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. =,
AS deal men 1t is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life and hedth and our ei-
forts directed not to the reformation OF man VI
cious propensities but to the mitigation oil his nody
suTerirgs II is in this abstract sense we write of
TeaercdI affections. And it is in this sense that me
Doctor should address himself to their study II MS
feelings allowed to influence MS professional pur
suits his qualifications will necessarily be mted to
those subjects that most agreeable TO his tastes
To become enghted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tions in their nature repulsive to delicate sensibes
be regarded in 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 labor, is
dsagreeable one. 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 infrmty, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans natcre 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 own fol-
y self-indugence, the qualification OF appetesi The
exhausting toll of avarce. the feversh lGbors for hu
man applause produce their baneiul effects upon
tie Constitution But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his
Attbe best human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man 20 learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phianthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
to relieve bodily ntrmities, whenever and however
thev appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devoes itself to the mitigation of
paiu, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this its minister must be the spec
taor of much that is dsagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that altho 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
ono more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as it is to the person who first contracts it,
frigfu frequently are IFS ravages in his constu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction i; yet it is n
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 eye 4; covered with blotches and with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old aga
and is probable that every particle of the living
ganism is equally tainted with the poison. When such
condition exists, it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full ofpain.
SCROFuLA, 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 far practicable to
Eradicate SyphIis from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and so dreful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he it, and is ignorant of the bos
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say the i'm.
agination the disease is n loathsom that 10 is q
treatY Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but it will not satisfy scet ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medical profession with a
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 can
not be satisfied with a smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obllgation-one the duty he owes TO the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes TO himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attainments and skill. There some praction
ers, indeed there many, aohO are ignorant of0en
eredt diseases because they fancy is not respecta
bic to treat themOf all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute that their ignorance Is not
confined to these diseases atone; 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 respectdbilH of
diseases. All malades 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 bust
will be inclined to class of alictions rather
than another; but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice
@. II. T0ZER, NJ D.