Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-10
A PRACTICAL TREATISE OK vESEREAL,
Dr. G. II. rOzEIs, sacramento.

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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 mt dical men, il is our business to look at dis
ease merely II affects life dad hedit; and our ef-
forts directed not to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propenstes, but to the mitigation of his bodily
su0errEs. 1t is in this abstract write of
FeReredJ 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 mi' ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
TO become enlighed practitioners it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and altec-
tions in their repulsive to delicate sem Utilities,
| be regarded in no other light than morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
| The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of and regard it only labor, is
disagreeable In any form, disease is unpleasant
| to look upon The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician smade the witness both of
physical pain and moral infrmty, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts Of mans nat@re couded
over his pride is humbled his intellect lie disturbedS
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his fol-
y; self indulgence the qualification Of appettes, The
eXhaustng toll of avarice. the feversh ebors for hu
man applause, all produce their baneful effects Upon
the Constitutions 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 a medical man to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited the philanhropic
heart viii feel that il is pleasure well as duty,
to relieve bodily iniirmites, whenever and however
tlev 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
heah In doing this, its minister must be the spec
taor Of much that is disagreeahle But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athor 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 labors
OF all the affections that alilict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who fl st contracts it,
frightUl as frequently are its ravages in his consttu
ton, ending occasionally In destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and to be lamentcd
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
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 practicable, to
Eradicate SNpdais iron, the Wortd Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and so direiu 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 even recognize
the disease when he sees it, and IS 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
aginaton the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treaty. Such an excuse may probably, satisfy him
who has no bettcr but it will not satisfy scielc
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest conteuted 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 smatering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double oblgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member Of a noble profession; the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain q reputation
for attainments and skill. There are some pracon-
ers, indeed there many, 7ClO ignorant GREEN
eredt diseases because they fancy is not respecta-
bic to treat hem.Of 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 not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has just appreciation of the medical art
will not know any difference in the respectdJHdy Of
diseases. All maadies alike fit subjects fur 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, so that his bust
ness will be inclined 70 one class of Affections rather
than another; but this is not because he regards some
rs beneath orunworthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, N. D.