Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-28
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vENEREAL,
Dr. G. III. TOzER. Sacramento.

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 tdcal men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life and hedJth; and our eff
forts directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cious propenstes but to the mitigation of his bodily
sulTerings 1t is in this abstract sense write of
Fenoredt 46ectjORs And it is IN this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighted practitioner, it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aiec
ons, in their nature repulsve odecate sensbilities
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 infrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat@re couded
over his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in a word is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence of his fol-
y; Indulgence, the qualification of appetites, the
eXhaustng toll of avarce the feyerish lebors for hu
man applause, all produce their banefu effects upon
the CONSTITUTIONS But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his
Atthe 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 phlanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well duty,
to relieve bodily iniirmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science. 1t dev0tes itself the mitigation of
pain, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
taor of much that is disagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athorgh
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
or all the affections that anlict man. there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as is to the person who rst contracts it,
frighul frequently are its ravages in his consttu
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction vet it is
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; covered with blotches and sores with
wrnkled faces, having the appearance of old aga;
and it 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 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 far practicable to
Eradicate Syphitis from the World Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and direful 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 surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is II enough for him to saw to the i'm
agnation the disease is loathsom that it is
disreputabe one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will satisfy scieL ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit will never rest cOntented with knowing
only a limited part of it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with smatterng 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 a qualified
member of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for aainments and skill. There are some practition-
ers, indeed there many, qoo are ignorant ofUen-
eredt diseases because they fancy it is respeca
bic to treat them0f all such persons it may be as
serted as beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dt0ne 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 respectdbiLity of
diseases. All malades alike fit subjects for 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 bus-
ness will be inclined to class of Affections rather
than anoher but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. ii. TOZER, NJ. D.