Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-18
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
Dr. G. .u. TOZER. Sacramento.

There are no maades to which the human family is
liable of deeper Importance, either in a medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
MS medical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects lie and hedtt; and our ef
forts directed not to the reformation OF mans Vi
cious propensites but to the mitigation of his bodily
sunerings. IT is in this abstract sense we write Of
FeRereW A6ecti0BS. 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 llmi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
70 become enlighed practitioners it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and allec
tons in their nature repulsve to delicate ibitits,
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art when we
take Il low view Of it and regard 1t only as labor, is
dsagreeGble one. In any form, disease is Unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
physical pain and moral infirmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractv parts of mans nat-re are couded
over; his p.ide IS humbed his intellect lie disturbed
Ills whole character, in word, Is transformed. Too
often alas, sickness the consequence of his fol
ly; indulgence, the gratcntion of appetites, The
eNhaustng toll of avarce. the feverish gbors for hu-
applause, all produce their baneful effects Up0n
tie 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 man to learn and in what
ever way this weakness exhibited the phianhrOpic
heart Will feel that it is pleasure as wen duty,
! TO rellcNe DOulN lnufHlues, whenever ana however
tLev appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science. Itdevotes itseft the mitigation of
paul. the abatement of disease, the restoration to
heal h. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeabe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satsaco of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yetit is through such road that
Benevoencc has the widest scope, and meets with the
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that allict man. there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
| rs is q he " fl ST
frghtful as frequently are its ravages in his constu
ton, ending occasionally in destruction vet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with The disease hdeously manifested
| to the eye covered with bloches and sores with
wrinked faces having the appearance of old aga ;
and it 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 one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is far as practicable to
Erddjcdte SyDhjiis from, tie WOrid Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and direfu, ought
to excite the Geepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology and its treatme ?
What can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
| himself a surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the
means o checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is enough for him to say to the inn
! aginaton the disease is oathsom that it is n
! disreputabe one to have, and disgusting one to
utdt CuCH an eNCuse may, pTODdDly, SatSfy him
who has no better, but will not satisfy scie ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it, There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with sattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upOn
him double obllgaton-one, the duty he 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 a reputation
for attainments and skill. There practition
ers, indeed there many 1chO are ignorant 0fren
eredt diseases, because they fancy it not repeca
bic to treat tn nem0f 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 are not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has a just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the FespectdbHHy OF
diseases. All maadies 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 not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. H. T0ZER, NJ. D.