Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-17
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vESEREAL,
m. q III rnzER- sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human family IS
liable of deeper Importance, either IN mealcal or
moral point view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. -,
As medical men It is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects Jite and hedtth and our ei
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cous propenstes, but to the mitigation oil ms bodly
suTeripgs II is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeneredE AfectioRS Aud it is In this sense that the
Doctor should address hlnsef to their study Ii ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur
suis his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable TO ms tastes
To become an enghted practitioner, it IS as essenta
that he should be liberal and ardent one, ana
ons in ls- nature repulsve to delicate senslnlhues'
be regarded in no other light than as morbid pheho-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of IL and regard it only as laoor Is
dsagreeable one In any form, disease Is uhpehsahu
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasahs
sights. The physician is made the Witness poth VI
physical main and moral inlirnity, Struck ny us
ease the attractive parts OF mans nacre are cOuded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. 10"
often alas sickness the consequence OF his own lol-
y self Indulgence the qualification OF appetltes, me
exhaustng toll of avarce The feverish ebors Tor hu-
applause all produce their baneul eiteets oDG'l
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon MS
skill or his cares.
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 phanthropc
heart will feel that is pleasure as well as duty
to relieve bodily infrmities, whenever ana however
thev appear This is the higher and nobler we" OF
medical science 1t devotcs itself to the mitigation oil
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration 10
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is disagreeabe But ne Is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling mat althov gh
persoual comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope, and meets WIZ he
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that atlict man, there IS no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is TO the person who hst contracts IL
frghtfUl frequently are its raVages IN MS costtu
tion, ending occasionally an destruction yet Is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come e
into the world with the disease hdeously manifested
to the eve covered with blotches and sores with
wrinked faces, having the appearance OF old age
and It is probable that every particle OF the living Or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
condition exists, it cannot be doubted That life VIII
too frequently be short and full OF PAIN
SCRoFULA CONSUMPTION, anu other diseases that arc
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases Its irG!1
and one way to stay the devastating march OF those
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable, to
Eradicate SyphiJiS from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and so dreul, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse 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
agination the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it win not satisfy scietce nor
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of it. There is subject that he
kinks unworthy Of investigation and study. He can
lot be satisfied with sTattering knowledge OF what
is bound TO understand we'll lie feels resting upon
lin double obllgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of a noble profession the other, the duty he
yves to himself to make and maintain a reputation
or attachments and skill. There practition-
RS indeed there many, acio are ignorant QfUefI
real diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat them.-0f 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 reSpectdbitHy of
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
care and reflection and the only distinction that he
acknowledges, is that which arises from their greater
1r less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed direct
his practice in particular channel, that his bus
less will be inclined to class Of aictons, rather
han another; but this is not because he regards
Is beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II, T0ZER, NJ. d.