Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-12
PRACTICAL TREATISE on vEyEnrAL,
DIR. c. II. TOzER. sacramento.


There are no maladics 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 it affects Hte and hedtth and ef
forts directed, not to the reformation of mans vi
cous prouensities, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
sunerings 1t is in this abstract sense we write of
TeHereW affections. And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. Ii his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be lmi. ed to
those subjects that most agreeable TO his tastes-
To become enlighted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and allec
tiOns, in Isl" nature repulSve to delicate blitt
be regarded in other light than morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view Of it and regard it only labor is
disagreeable In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
physical pain and moral nirmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans natare couded
over his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence of his fol-
ly; elfindugence the qualification Of appetites, the
eXhaustng toll of avarce the feverish lebors for hu-
applause, all produce their baneful effects lpOn
tie Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon his
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
way this weakness is exhibited, the phianthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty
10 releNe DOulN lnHImlllCs' whenever anu noNtNtI
they appear. This is the higher and nober view of
medical science. 1t devoes itself to the mitigation Of
paiu, the abatement of disease the restoration to
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
of much that is dsagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athor 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 labors.
OF all the affections that anct man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who htst contracts II,
rigul frequently are its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet Is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often cone
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eye covered with blotches and sores with
wrinked 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 way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections, is, as far as practicable, to
Eradicate SYpltiLiS from the World Would il not
that disease prevalent and direful, ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical
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 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
aginaton the disease is loahsom one that it is
dlsreputahle one to nave, ana disgusting one TO
treatY Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but it will not satisfy scietce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge OF what
he is bound to understand well. lie feels resting upon
him double oblgaton-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
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for atainments and skill There some practition-
ers, indeed there many, 1ChO ignorant OfUen-
eedL diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tn t1em.-Of all such persons it may be as
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 reSDectdJikny Of
diseases. All malades 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-
will be inclined to one class of alctions, rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice
e. II. TOZER, NJ D.