Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-09
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vESEREAL,
DR.. G, IN. TOzER. 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
medical men, it is our business to look at dis
merely it affects life and hedlth and our ef
forts are directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cous propensities but to the mitigation Of his bodily
sulTerings. 1t is in this abstract we write of
Veneredt A6ectiOns And it is IN this 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 enlghted practitioner, it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aec-
tions, in >l9- repulsve to delicate senbtes,
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 il and regard it only 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 both Of
physical pain and moral nfrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans natlre 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 his own fol-
ly; sefndulgence, the qualification OF appettes, the
exhausng toll Of avarice the feversh lcbors 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
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 philanhropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well duty,
thev 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
healh 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 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 with She
richest return for its labors.
or all the affections that ailct man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
/ nraa dfl ig IN thp Vybo fret
rightfu as frequently are its ravages in his consttu
ton, ending occasionally an destruction yet 1t is a
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amened
when transmitted to Offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
| to the eye covered with botches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance Of old aga
and it 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 ofpain.
SCRoFUL', CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that
sometimes hereditary are 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 Sgphttts from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true 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 it enough for him to say to the i'm
agnaton the disease is loahsom one that it is a
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but it will not satisfy scieLce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part OF it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He
not be satisfied with smatering knowledge OF what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double oblgation-one, the duty he to the
public to whom he announces that he is qualified
member Of noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself to make and maintain q reputation
for attanments and skill. There practton-
ers, indeed there many 1ohO are ignorant 0fUen-
eredt diseases 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 i'm the reSpectdbitHy of
diseases. All malades 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 some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.