Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-25
PRACTICAL TREATISE on yESERrAL,
DIR. G. III. TOzEB. Sacramento.

There are no maadies 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.
ns medical men, II is our business TO look at dis
ease merely as it affects lie md health and ef
forts directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cious propensites, but TO the mitigation of his bodily
suferrgs. II is in this abstract sense we write of
Teneredl 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 enlighted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and afIec
tions in their nature repusive to delicate sen,ibes
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 labor, is
dsagreeable 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 inirmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat2re are couded
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 fol
ly; Indulgence, the qualification of appetes the
exhaustng toll of avarice the everish ebors for hu-
man applause, all produce their banefu effects Wpon
| the Constitution 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 medical man to learn and in what
way this weakness is exhibited, the phanthropc
heart will feel that it Is pleasure well as duty
| to relieve bodily infrmties, whenever and however
/ tlev appear This is the higher and nober view OF
medical science II deyotes 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 disagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfactiO of feeling that nlthor oh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy Is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such Il road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets with the
richest return for its labors.
| OF all the affections that afct man. there Ia no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who Fl st contracts IT,
rghtul as frequently are its ravages in his constitu-
ton, ending occasionally an destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
| to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
| wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old ago
and 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 thos,
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable tC
| Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it no
seem that disease so prevalent and so direfu ough
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both as respects its true pathology and its treatme
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency who cal
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and is ignorant of the hos
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the inn
aginaton the disease is loathsom one that IL is a
ulsicpuldDie one 10 HdNes ana q disgusting Ia
treaty. Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but it will not satisfy scieLce 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 smatering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obllgatonone, 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 a reputation
for attainments and skill There are some practition-
ers, indeed there are many, lcO ignOrdnt Oyen-
eredt diseases because they fancy it is not
bic to treat them-Of all such persons it may be as
serted as 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 respectdbiIity O
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
care and reflections 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
ness will be inclined to class of Affections rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. d.