The Nevada journal., 1858-12-17
A Practical Treatise on VENEREAL.

A Pract Treatise on NENEREAL.
By DIR. c. II. TOZER, sacI amcnto.
There are maladies to which the human family is
liable of Deeper Importance either in IA medical o.
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
As medical men, it is our business TO look diseases
merely as it affects fe and Health and efforts are
directed the reformation of mans rici Us pro-
penites but to the mitigation OF his BODILY suffENH
Ii is in this abstract that write of Venercai Ar
fcctons And it is in this that the Doctor should
address himself their study If his feelings are allowed
TO influence his professional pursuits, qualifications
will necessarily be limited to those subjects that are
agreeable his tastes To become an ensnte ned
PractitIoner it essential that he should bc liberal
and ardent one affections. i'll their nature rePulsive
to dec :blities must be regarded in other
light than $ morbid phenomena OF the Living Body
The whole business of the Medical art when we take
low view of it and regard it only labor, is disagree
able In any form. disease is unpleasant TO look
upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant sights
The is made the witness both Physical pain
and moral infrmity. Struck by disease, the attrac
tive part of mans nature clouded his pride
is hnmbled: his intellect is disturbed +; his w.oin
characcer in word is transformed To5 often alas,
is sickness the consequence of his folly sefin
dulgence the qualification appetitcs the exhaust
ing toll ofavarice, the iev"rish labors for human ap
pause, all produce their banrful effects apOH the Con
sHfiOR. Brit 10 the medical attendant the moral as
pect OF these facts not to have any influence upon
J lis kill or his
AT the best human nature is but weak. This is the
FIRST truth for medical nan to learn and in what
ever this weak is exhibited, the philanthro-
phic heart will feel that it is pleasure as well As a
duty, to relieve bodily inf mitirs. whenever and
view medical science 1t devotes itself to the mit
CATION of pan the abatement Of disease the restor-
ton health In dol this its niniste- must he the
spectator of much that is dsagreeabe. But he Is
warded by the lofty of feeling that although
personal com fort is sacrificed and sympathy Is often
painfully excited, vet it is through such road that
| lenevolence has the widest scope, and meets with
| the richest return for its labors.
Ia this view all diseases are alike to the faithful
physician i makes distinction between the causes
that have developed them. He sees man suffering,
and all his facilities employed to give him health
Disease he regards misfortune, and not as pun
| ishment
ofan the affections that afict man. there is one
more terrible IN Is consequences thah 81 III 10
Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts It,
frightful frequently its ravaeS in his constitu
ton, ending occasionally destruction yet Is dis
of deeper interest and more t. he ia'nented Whe
it is mited to offs prns Children often come into
the world with the disease hideously to the eye Co
vered with blotohes and sores with wrnklcd faces,
having the appearance of old age and il is roahe
that every particle ofhe living organism ' equally
| tainted with the poison When such condition cN-
lists it cannot be doubted that life Will too frequently
| be short and full of pain
| SCORFULA. CONSUMPTION, and other diseas $
that are sometimes hereditary, a~e in many cases. ITS
fruit; and one way to stay the devastating mareh "i
those carfuily fatal affections is far as prarcfbc
to FRAnTCATE SYPHILIS FROM THE WORLD.
dircful, ought t. excite the deepest interest among
the medical men, both respects its true pathology
and its treatment What cNcn>c can ne "cf tot MS
deficiency, who calls himself surgeon, ami vet docs
not even recognize the disease when h" t. and Is
ignorant the best means of chcc king il and vent
/
him that to the imagination the disease Is l ath
some that is disre putable one to have, and a
disgusting to treat? Such an excuse may. pro-
bably satisfy him who has better, but Will not salts
| fy science nor philanthr ipy
Whoever undertakes the medical profession with a
spirit, Will rest cOntcnted with knowing
only limited part of it. There is no object that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study He tan
not be isied with smattcring knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well. He feels resting
upon him double oblgation-one, the duty he owes
to the public whom he announces that he quail
fed member of 4 noble profession ; the other, the
duty he owes to himself to make md maintain re-
putation for attainments and skill There are some
actiOuers indeed there many, rho ignorant
oseueraL dieases because they fancy is not respect
able treat them. Of all such persons 1t may be as
serted beyond dispute that their Ignorance is not
confined these diseases alone they will be found de-
cent in all other points. and not properly qall-
fed for the responsibilities they have assumed "Lo-
has just probation of the medical art, Will
net know dcrance in the resperabty Of diseases
All maladics alike fit subjects for his care and re
edges that which arises from their greater or less
gravity. Circumstance may, indeed direct his prac-
tce in particular channel that his business will
be inclined class of Affections rather than ano-
ther but this is because he regards some as be-
meath unworthy of his notice.
Quackery has profted by the neglect that venereal
diseases have experienced and it is notorious that
pretenders have secnred large share oi such prac-
tce 1t is time for the profession TO free itself from
this reproach. The welfare of societyis as deeply
cerned in this possibly be with any other DIS
| ease that affiicts the human family.
c. H. TOZER, MD