Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-14
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
mr.. q. u. TOzER, sacramento.

There are no maadies to which the human famiyi
liable of deeper inpOrtdnce either in a medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS medical men, 1t is our business to look at dis.
ease merely it affects life and hedth; and our ef-
forts directed not to the reformation OF mans "
cious propensites but to the mitigation of his bodily
suiIerngs. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
YeneredL affections. 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 an enighed practitioner, it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aec-
tions their nature repusve to delicate sensibities
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when
take low view of it and regard it only labor, is
disareeable 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 inirmty, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts of mans naGre clOuded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed Too
often alas is sickness the consequence Of his own fol-
ly; selfindugence, the qualification Of appettes, the
eXhausting toll of avaTce the feversh lebors for hu
man applause, all produce their baneful effects HpOn
tile Constitution But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
skill or his
At the best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited the phlanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well a duty,
to relieve bodily inrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devotes itself to the mitigation of
pau, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is dsagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that alhorg Oh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it is through such road that
Beneyoence has the widest scope, and meets with the
richest return for its abors.
OF all the affections that aflict man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
sg fvfI
frghtfu frequently are its ravages in his constitu-
tion ending occasionally IN 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 hdeousy manifested
to the eye covered with botches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old aga
and il is probable that every particle of the living
ganism 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, in many cases, its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is, far practicable to
Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and IS ignorant of the best
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is oathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treaty Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but will not satisfy scieLce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with n
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 a smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well. lie feels resting upon
him double oblgation-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 q reputation
for atainments and skill. There practiton-
ers, indeed there many, 9otO ignorant Green
eredb Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tn em.0f all such persons it may be as
serted as beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined TO these diseases alone; 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 respectdbilitv 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, that his bus-
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. H. T0ZER, NJ. D.