Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-10
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yENEREAL,
~ = ~ VoYER. Sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeper Importance, either III a Heuca Vi
moral point Of view, than those arising from IMPURE
sexual intercourse. II,
as m dical men it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life and hedth; and our ei-
forts are directed not to the reformation ot man W
cous prouenstes but to the mitigation OF his DOuy
snfTerirrs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeneredE Affections. And it is in this sense that me
Doctor should address himself to their study ii ms
feelings ara allowed to influence ms proIesSlOh pu-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be lmi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable TO MS tastes
70 become an enghted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; ana alice
tons in their nature repusve to delicate sen,ibiHts'
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BoDY.
an, whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of it and regard it only as labor,
sarreesb BILE one In any form, disease is Unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pheasant
sights The physician is made the witness both OF
physical pain and moral inhrmlty, struck ny aus
ease the attractive parts of mans natre are clouded
over his pride is humbIed; his intellect ie Disturbed
lis whole character, in word, IS TRANSFORMED 100
often alas sickness the consequence OF his own ol
": sefndugence, the qualification of appettes the
exhaustng toll of avarice the feversh lebors ior u-
man applause all produce their baneiul effects Hp9
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon MS
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 phlahthrOpc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well ms duty,
TO relieve bodily infrmities, whenever and however
thev appear This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science Ii devOtes itself to the mitigation Of
/ Dalu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is disagreeabe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisactio OF feeling that although
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 alict man, there Is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who st contracts it,
frightfu as frequently its ravages in his consttu
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet il is a
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eye covered with blOtches and sores with
wrnkled faces having the appearance of old age
and it probable that every particle of the living or
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
| Eradicate Sgphitis from the World Would it no
that disease so prevalent and so d1retu ough
to excite the Geepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its ueame I
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who CALI
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and is ignorant of the bes
means checking it and preventing any future eyi
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
aginaton the disease is loathsom one that it is
| disreputaDle one TO haNe ana disgusting one u
treat? Such an may, probably, satisfy hin
who has no better, but it will not satisfy sceLce no.
philanthropy.
| Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit will never rest contented with knowing
only a limited part of it. There is subject that h
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He car
| not be satisfied with a smatering knowledge of wha
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upo
him a double obllgation-one the duty he owes to tn
| public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of noble profession; the other, the duty h
owes to himself, TO make and maintain a reputation
for attachments and skill. There some practiton
ers, indeed there many, lcho are ignorant 9ten
ered diseases because they fancy it IS not repecta
bic to treat taem.-0f all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is no
confined to these diseases alone; they will be fOun
deficient in all other points, and are not proper
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has just appreciation of the medical ar
win not know any difference in the fespectd6tSdy
diseases. All maadies are alike fit subjects for hi
care and reflection and the only distinction that h
acknowledges, is that which arises from their create
or less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed, dre'
his practice in particular channel, so that his bus
ness will be inclined to one class of Affections, ratht
than another but this is not because he regards son
as beneath unworthy his notice
G. II. T0ZER, NJ D.