Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-25
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON yENEREAL,
Dr N. TOx ER. Sacramento.

There are no maadies to which the human family is
liable Of deeper Importance, either III medlca OF
moral point of view than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. =.
AS medical men, 1t is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects i{fe and hedtth; and our el
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
ciols prouenses hut to the mitigation of his bodily
suferings. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TepeyedL AfectiOHS And it is In 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 TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enghted practitioner, tls as essenual
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana alec
ons in ae- nature repulsve to delicate Utilities,
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view of and regard it only as labor, is
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 oI
physical pain and moral infrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re are couded
over; his pride is humhed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, IS transformed 100
often alas is sickness the consequence of his own fol-
ly self indulgence the qualification of appetites, the
exhaustng toll of avarice the feversh abors for hu-
man applause, all produce their banelu effects upon
the Constitution. But TO 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 phlanthrOpc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well rs duty,
to relieve bodily inhrmtes, whenever and however
they 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
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeHbe. 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.
or all the affections that alllict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts it,
frghtful frequently its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally in destruction; yet it is
disease Of deeper interest, and to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeously manifested
to the eve 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
condition exists, it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full of pain.
SoRoFULA, 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
Eradicate SyphIiS iron, the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so drefu, ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology and its Treatments
What he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he sees 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 inn
agnation the disease is a oathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting TO
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy sceLce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with
true spirit, will never rest cOntented with knowing
only limited part Of It. There subject that he
thinks unworthy ofinvestgatiOn of and study He can
not be satisfied with q smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member of noble profession; the other, the duty ne
owes to himself, TO make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill. There are some practtion-
ers, indeed there many, tcO are ignorant QfUen
eredI diseases because they fancy it is not respeca
bic to treat them-0f all such persons 1t may be
serted as 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 reSpectdbd6y Of
diseases All maladies are alike fit subjects for his
care 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
will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. II. TozER, NJ. D.