Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-02
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vrSrRnAL,
Dr. G. III. TOzER. Sacramento.

There are no mandies to which the human family is
liable of deeper Importance, either in a medical OF
moral point of view, than those arising from Impure
| sexual intercourse. .
as medical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects {ite and hedthj and our ei
forts directed, not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propenstes but to the mitigation OF his bodily
sn1erinGs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TeHereW A6ecti0aS And it is In this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study IL his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be limi ell TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enlghted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one and atec-
ton in ss- nature repulsve to delicate sen.bities,
be regarded in no other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
take low view off and regard it only as labor, is a
disagreeable one In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights The physician is made the witness Doth OF
physical pain and moral iniirmity, struck ny us
ease the attractive parts of mans nat@re are clouded
over his pride humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character in word, is transformed Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own to
ly selfndulgence, the gratica ton OF appettes me
eXhaustng toll of ayarce. the feveriSh ebos Tor hu-
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
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; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the plilanhropic
heart will feel that it Is pleasure aS well as duty
to relieve bodily ndrmities, whenever and however
thev 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
heah In doing this, its minister must be the spec
aor Of much that is disagreeable 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
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets with She
richest return for its abOrs.
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 fist contracts it,
figtful frequently its ravages in his constu-
ton ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more 10 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
wrnkled faces, having the appearance Of old ago !;
and il is probable that every particle of the living or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
condition exists 1t cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full ofpain.
ScRoFULA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that arc
someone's ere1.,ary, are IN many cases, its fruit
and way to stay the devastating march Of those
fearful fatal affections, is far as practicable, to
Eradicate Syp}ibjS from the Wo5Id Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so direiu 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 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
agnation the disease is a loatlIsom one that it is
disreputabe to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has BETTER but it will not satisfy sciece nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of it. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy Of investigation and study. He
not be satisfied with smaterng knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obllgation-one, the duty he 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 a reputation
for attanments and skill. There practition-
ers, indeedthere many, lCbO ignorant fUe1-
sredt discusses because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tn lem.-0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their Ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dJOi1e they will be found
deficient in all other points, and not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has a just appreciation of the medical art
will not know any difference in the reSpectdbIby Of
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
care 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 bus
ness will he inclined to class of actions, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c II. T0ZER, NJ d.