Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-12
PRACTICAL TREATISE on vrSEREAL,
DIR. G. III. TOXNEs, 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.
rs medical men it is our business to look at dis
merely it affects lie ana hedith and our ef
forts directed, not to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propensities but the mitigation of his bodily
suiferiugs II is in this abstract sense we write or
VeBereW A6ectiOns. And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their stddy. II his
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be limi ed
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
TO become enghted practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent onc and alice
tons in ~ nature rIpulsve TO delicate sensblities,
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mcna af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view of it and regard it only as labor, is
disagrceSble 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 indrmity, Struck ny dis
case the attractive parts of mans nat:re are c0uded
over; his pride is humblcd; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own fol-
ly; sefndugence the qualification OF appettes, the
exhaustng toll of avarce. the feverish cbors for u
man applause all produce their bancfu effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
Atthe best human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical TO learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phianthropic
heart will feel that is pleasure rs well as duty
l o
tLcv appear. This is the higher and nober view OF
medical science. 1t deyoes itself the mitigation Of
pafu, the abatement of disease the restoration to
heah In doing this, its minister must be the spec
much that is disagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope, ana meets VIII She
richest return for its abors
or all the affections that anlct man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
! f,1 IA fsNfl Vbp frs
frigtul frequently its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally an destruction yet it IS
disease Of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted 70 offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease heOuSy manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance OF old aga;
and ii is probable that every particle of the living or
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
n 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, as far as practicable, to
Eradicate SHptitis from the World Would it not
seem that a disease prevalent and dreGu ought
to excite the eepest 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 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
agnation the disease is loahsom one that it is
dsrepu,abe one to have and disgusting one to
treat? Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has BETTER but it will not 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 subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with scattering knowledge of what
he Is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him n double obllgationone the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is n qualified
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill. There practition
ers, indeed there many, 1oh0 are ignorant ofUen
eredJ diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat taem-Of all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dIone they will be found
deficient in all other points, and are not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the respectdbA1y Of
diseases. All malades are 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 busi-
will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. H. T0ZER, NJ. D.