Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-23
PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vESEREAL,
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There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeper importance, either in medica or
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual Intercourse.
as m, dical men it is our business to look at dis
case merely as it affects life md health; and our ei
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propenstes but TO the mitigation of his bodily
suiIerings 1t is in this abstract sense we write oi
FeneredI affections. Aud 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 limi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
70 become an enghed practitioner, It is AS essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one anu aec
tons in i~nature repusive to delicate sen ibltes
be regarded in other light than as mOrDlu pheh"-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of and regard il only as labor, is
disagreed BILE one In any form, disease unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness Doth ol
physical pain and moral inhrmity, struck NY dls-
ease the attractiy parts Of mans natcre are couded
over; his pride is humbedi his intellect le disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence Of his own FOL
ly; self Indulgence the qualification of appetites, the
exhausng toll Of avarice the everish ebors Tor hu-
man applause, all produce their baneul ELECTS upon
| the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
skin or his cares.
Atthe best human nature Is but weak. This is the
first truth for n medical man to learn; and IN what
way this weakness is exhibited the phllanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty
| to relieve bodily inhrmities, whenever and however
tlev 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
healh. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeabe But he Is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling that alOV On
personal comfort sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Denevolence has the widest scope, and meets WIZ NE
| richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that allict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful It is to the person who fl st contracts 1t,
rightfu as frequently its ravages in his constu-
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eye; covered with bloches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance OF old aga;
and it is probable that every particle of the living or
gansm 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
Erddicdte Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so dtrefu, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatme t?
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant Of the best
means checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agiuaton the disease is loathsOm one that it is a
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scie ce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy ofinvestigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with a scattering knowledge OF what
he is bound to understand WELL lie feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-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 atianments and skill. There some praction-
ers, indeed there many lotO are ignorant OfUeil
sredE Diseases because they fancy it is not respeca
bic to treat iem.-0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will he 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 respectdbHny Of
diseases. All malades are alike fit subjects for his
and reflections 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 bust
win be inclined to class of afctions rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G II. ToZER, MD.