Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-13
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
DIR. G. IE. TOHER, sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family is
liable Of deeper Importance, either in medical OF
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. =.
AS medical men tits our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects Se and hedftbj and our ei-
forts are directed not to the reformation OF man "
cous propenstes but to the mitigation of his bodily
su1eriugs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TeperedE A6ectiOnS 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 limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enlighted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; ana aiec-
tions in nature rapulsive to delicate sensibites,
be regarded in no other light than as morbid phen"-
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
disagreesbe In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights The physician Is made the witness poth ol
| physical pain and moral infrmty, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat@re are clouded
over; his pride is humbed his intellect lie disturbed
| his whole character, in word is Transformed TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF ms own 1ol
lv sefndugencc, the qualification of appettes, the
exhausng toll of avarice the feverish lebors Tor 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.
At the best, human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for a medical man to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phlanthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
to relieve bodily nfrmties whenever and however
u,ev appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devotes tselfto 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 dsagreeahle But ne 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
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets witt he
richest return for its labOrs.
or all the affections that allict man, there Is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful it is to the person who hst contracts 1t,
frghtu as frequently are its ravages in his constu-
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is a
disease OF deeper interest, and more to 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
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old ago I;
and 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 ofpain.
ScRoFULA CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, arc in many cases, its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march Of those
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable, to
Eradicate SypAiliS from the World Would it not
that disease sopreyaent and so direlul, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology ana It's 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 il and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is oathsom one that it is a
dsreputlble one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but will not satisfy scietce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only n 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 we'll He feels resting upon
him double oblgation-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 n reputation
for attainments and skill. There are some practiton-
ers, indeed there many, 1cho are ignorant ofUen
eFedl diseISe because they fancy it is not respecta
bic TO treat them.Of all such persons it may be
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 a just appreciation of the medical art
will not know any difference in the Tespectdbiny Of
diseases. All maladies 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 e particular channel, that his bus-
ness will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. H. TOZER, NJ. D.