Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-15
Dr.. C. III. TOZER,
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vENEREAL,
Dr. G. III. TOZER, Sacramento.

There are no maadies 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, 1t is business to look at dis
ease merely 1t affects life and hedIth; and our eff
forts directed, not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propenses, but TO the mitigation Of his bodily
sufTerngs 1t is in this abstract write of
Venere affections. 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 limited to
those subjects that are most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighted practitioner, 1t is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and afec
tions, in si- nature repusve to delicate sensibes,
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
disagreeabe 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 infrmity, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts Of mans natre are clouded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character in n word is transformed Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence Of his own fol-
ly; selndulgence, the qualification Of appetes the
eXhaustng toll of avarice the feveTsh lebors for hui
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution But to the medical attendant the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
| skill or his cares
At the best, human nature Is but weak. This is the
first truth for a medical man to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited, the philanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty
to relieve bodily infrmities, whenever and however
they appear This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devotes itself 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 is dsagreeable 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
Denevolence has the widest scope, and meets WITH he
| richest return for its lab0rs.
or all the affections that afilict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who hrst contracts IT.
frigtfu frequently are its ravages in his constitu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is a
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 eve; covered with botches and with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance Of old ago !;
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 ofpain.
SCRoFuLA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases, its fruit
and one way stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is, as far as practicable to
| Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and so direfu ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he IT, and ignorant of the best
means Of checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is II enough him to say to the i'm
| aginaton the disease is loathsom one that it is a
disreputable one TO have, and disgusting to
treat? Such may, probably, satisfy him
VINO mas no Detef Dut " Will not Satsy ScleLC nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy Of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with a snatterng knowledge Of what
he is bound to understand well. lie feels resting upon
him double oblgatiOn-One, the duty he owes 60 the
public, TO whom he announces that he is qualified
member of noble profession the other the duty he
owes 10 himself, TO make and maintain reputation
for attanmens and skill. There some practtiOn-
ers, indeed there many, cO are ignorant Qfgen-
eredt Diseases because they fancy 1t is not respecta
bic TO treat IN hem.Of all such persons it may be
serted 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 respectdbity Of
diseases All maladies alike fit subjects for his
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. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.