Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-15
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vESEEEAL,
mr. q III. rnzE1s. sacramento.

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There are no malades 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 as it affects life and hedth and our eff
forts are directed not to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propensities but to the mitigation Of his bodily
suferings. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
JeaereW A6ectioHS And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II his
feelings ara allowed to influence bis professional pur-
SUITS his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighed practitioner is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one and ahec-
tOns, in 81 nature repulsiye to delicate senslDtlts,
be regarded IN no other light than as morbid pheno-
! mena af the LIVING BODY
Thl whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view of it and regard 1t 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 inhrmity, 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 word, Is transformed roo
often alas, is sickness the consequence OF his own FOL
ly; lndulgencc, the gratihcatou OF appettes Inc
cNhastng toll of aVarce. the feversh lCbors for hu-
man applause all produce their haneful effects Up0R
the Constitution. But 10 the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon ms
| skill or his cares.
Atthe 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 phlanhropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure As well as duty
to relieve bodily infrnities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science. 1t deyoes itselfto the mitigation Of
pau, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is disagreeahe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction Of feeling that althorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it through such road that
Benevocrce has the widest scope, and meets witt he
richest return for its abors.
or all the affections that aillict man, there is no
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Dreadful 1t to the person who first contracts it,
frghtful frequently are its ravages in his constu-
ton ending occasionally III destruction yet it is q
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 eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinked faces, having the appearance Of old age ,;
and 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 ofpain.
SCEoFULA, 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 atal RIc.tohs, Is, as far rs practicable, to
Eradicate SHDhiiS from the World Would il not
that disease prevalent and so direiul, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its Treatment?
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he il, and ignorant of the best
OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him TO say to the i'm
dsreputable one to have, and disgusting one TO
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it viii not satisfy scieLce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit will never rest contened with knowing
only limited part of it, There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him a double obgation-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member Of a noble profession; the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain a reputation
for attainments and skill. There are some practon-
ers indeed there many, 9CiO are ignorant 0fUcB-
eredi diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat them.-Of all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined TO these diseases alone, they viii 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 reSpectdbiHy Of
diseases All maadies are 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-
ness will be inclined to one class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. II. TOZER, NJ. D.