Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-16
A PRACTICAL TREATISE or vESEEEAL,
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DR.. G. II. TOZER. Sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human famyis
liable of deeper impOTtdnce either in meIlcai OF
moral point of view, than those arising Hoh inP"ie
sexual intercourse ,,. -,
AS medical men, 1t is our business to look AT as
ease merely as Affects lie and hedtth and our ell
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cous prouensities but to the mitigation OF his bodily
suferings 1t Is in this abstract sense we write OF
Veuere0L Affections And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study IL MS
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily De limi Ell TO
those subjects that most agreeable 10 MS tastes:
To become enlghted practitioner u Is as eSsen.
that he should be liberal and ardent onei anu ahec-
tons in - nature repulsye to delicate sen;lbites
be regarded in other light than as m0rOld pheh"
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art' Wheh we
take low view of IL 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 ihe witness ooth u
physical pain and moral infrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re are couded
over; his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, transformed. 70"
often alas, is sickness the consequence OF MS own loi
y self-indugence, the qualification of appettes the
eXhaustng toll of avarce the feversh ieDors LOT hu-
applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
tho Constitution. But to the medical aueIuaht, he
moral aspects are not 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; ana IN What-
ever way this weakness is exhibited the philanhropc
heart will feel that it Is pleasure as well rs uuy
to relieve bodily nirmities, whenever and however
thew appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science 1t deyotes itselfto 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 disagreeable Bat ne reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scopei ana meets VIII he
richest return for its labOrs.
OF all the affections that aflict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who INST contracts IT,
frightful frequently its ravages in his constitu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeously manifested
to the eye; covered with blOtches ana sores win
wrnkled faces, having the appearance OF old aga
and il is probable that every particle of the living Or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
a 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
Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it moi
seem that disease so prevalent ana so dlreiu ough
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its treatme "
What excuse can 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 ii and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is a oathsom one that II Is
dsreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but IL will not satisfy sce oe nor
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 of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge OF what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obgation-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
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attainments and skill. There practition
ers, indeed there many, loho are ignorant oUen
eredI Diseases because they fancy is not respecta
bic to treat iem.0f all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their Ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dLOne they will he found
deficient in all other points, and not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has just appreciation Of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the respectdbnny OF
diseases All maladies alike ft 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 so that his bus
ness will be inclined to one class Of Affections rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. II. ToZER, NJ. D.