Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-31
PRACTICAL TREATISE on vEyrREAL,
Dr. G. H. TOxER. sacramento.

There are no maladies 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 business to look at dis
ease merely It affects life and hed{; and our et-
forts arc directed to the reformation of mans Vi
cious propensitie, but to the mitigation Of his bodily
suTerings. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
Venered AfectiOnS And it is IN this that the
Doctor should address himself to their sthdy II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighed practitioner II is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aec-
tons in III nature repusve to delicate sensibites,
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 it and regard it only as labor is
disagreeable In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both oi
physical pain and moral infrmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans natre are 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 own FOL
y selfindugence, the qualification of appettes the
exhaustng toll of avaice the feversh lGbors for 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 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 philanthropc
heart will feel that it Is pleasure as well as duty
to relieve bodily inGrmtes, whenever and however
thew appear This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devotes itselfto 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 dsagreeable 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
Benevolerce has the widest scope and meets witt she
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that alllict man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful it is to the person who fist contracts it,
rigtu frequently are its ravages in his constitu-
ton ending occasionally IN destruction yet ii is n
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideOusy manifested
to the eye; covered with bloches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance Of old aga
and is probable that every particle Of the living or
ganism 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.
SCRoFULA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that arc
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 SyphiIis from the World Would it not
that disease soprevalent and so direul, 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 il enough for him to say to the inn
agination the disease is Oathsom one that il is a
ulsfepuldOle one 10 naNei ana n disgusting one 10
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has BETTER but It will not satisfy scetce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will 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 snattering knowledge of what
he is bound 90 understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obllgation-One the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is n qualified
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain a reputation
for atanments and skill. There practition-
ers, indeed there many, 1cho ignorant QfUen
eredL Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat hem.-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 a just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the reSpectd6ikHy 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 particular channel that his busi-
ness will be inclined to one class of afctions rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
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