Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-14
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
Dr. G. EE. TOAEIs. sacramentO.


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 tdical men, II Is business to look at dis
ease merely as il affects lie and hedtt; and our ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cous propensitics but to the mitigation OF his bodily
suiTerngs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TepereH Afecti0RS And it is ia this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study ii ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur
SUITS his qualifications will necessarily be limited 10
those subjects that are agreeable to his tastes
To become enlghted practitioner, it is as essena
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tons, in ~ nature repulsve to delicate senslDues'
be regarded in no other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view Of it and regard 1t only as labor IS
disagreesble one In any form, disease is unpleasant
TO look upon The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician Is made the witness p0th OF
physical pain and moral nhrmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re are couued
over his pride is humbled; his intellect e disturbed
his whole character in word, Is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own to
y; self indulgence, the qualification OF appetites' The
exhaustng toll of avace the feverish lebors for hu-
man applause all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares
Atthe best, human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for a medical to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the philanthropc
heart Will feel that II is pleasure as wen rs uuyf
to relieve bodily infrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science 1t deyotes itsefto the mitigation oil
paiu the abatement Of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is disagreeabe But he Is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy Is olteh
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets witt he
richest return for its abOrs.
Ofan the affections that allict man, there is no
"a ia.
Dreadful as it is to the person who fist contracts it,
frighu as frequently its rayages in his consttu-
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 and sores with
wrinked faces, having the appearance OF old age
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 ofpan.
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, rs far as praGhcaole TO
Eradicate ISYDtitiS from the WOr3d Would 1t not
seem that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the Geepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its 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 ii enough for him to say to the i'm
disreputable one to have and disgusting one to
treatg Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but It will not satisfy scieLce nor
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 smaterng knowledge of what
ne is bound to understand well. He feels resting upon
lin double obllgation-one, the duty he to the
public, to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member of noble profession the other the duty he
yves to himself, to make and maintain q reputation
or attanments and skill. There some practition-
,rs, indeed there many, lChO ignorant 0fUen
'redt diseases, because they fancy is not respeca
bic to treat tn em.0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dtOae 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 respectdbHy Of
diseases All maiades 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 bust
ness will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. TOzER, NJ. D.