Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-26
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yrSrRnL,
Dr. c. Ell. T0zER, Sacramento.


There are no maladics 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.
AS medical men, it Is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects lite ami hedtt; and our cl-
forts directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propensties but to the mitigation OF ms podlly
Suferngs. 1t is in this abstract sense we write ol
IeHe"et 166ct{OHS. 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 are most agreeable to his tastes
To become cnliged practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tons in >lei- repusive to delicate sensibties
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena 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
dsagreeabe 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 infrmty Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts Of mans nat-re are cloudcd
over; his pride is humbed; his intellect ie disturbed ;
his whole character, in wOrd is transformed. TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own FOL
ly; seli-ndugencc, the grGthGation Of appettes the
cNhaustng toll of ayarCe the iCyersh lGburS for hui
applause all produce their haneiul effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant The
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
Att best human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to learn and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phianhropc
hCurt VIII Ice that ~ IS pleasure rs wen rs Il tUll
to relieve bodily mfrmitics, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nUbcr view Of
medical science. devutes itselft to the mitigation Of
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that disagreeahlc But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that althor El
personal comfort is sacrificed aud sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolerce has the widest scope and meets with he
richest return for its laborS.
OF all the affections that afIljct man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who fist contracts it,
frghtu frequently its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest, and to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease hdcously manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old ago ;
and it is probable that every particle of the living
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
condition exists, it 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 as far as practicable, to
Eradicate Syphais from tie World Would it not
that a disease prevalent and so drefu, ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treameut
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and vet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means OF checking il and preventing any future evil
consequences? Is it enough fer him to say TO the i'm
aSinaton the ulsease IS q OatlS0n one that 10 Is a
dsreputable one to have, and disgusting one 10
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER bat it will not satisfy scetce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of It. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy ofinvesgation of and study. He can
not be satisfied with suatering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll 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
yves to himself, to make and maintain q reputation
or atanments and skill. There are some practiton-
RS indeed there are many, tcbO are ignorant ofgen
redt diseases because they fancy it is not respecta-
bic to treat them.-Of all such persons may be
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 just appreciation of the medical art
will not know any difference in the reSpectdbiiHY of
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
care and reflection; and the only distinction that he
is that which arises from their greater
or less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed, direct
his practice in particular channel, that his bus
ness 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. II. TOZER, VI. D.