Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-06
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON vENEREAL
Or. G. ". TOZER, sacramento.


There are no maadies 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. II,
ease merely as it Affects life dRd hedttt; and our el
forts are directed, not to the reformation OF man VI
cious propensite, but to the mitigation oil ms BODILY
suferiEEs. 1t is in this abstract sense we Wrile ="
TeBeredL AfectiOuS And it is in this 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 limi ed to
those subjects that are most agreeable to his tastes
TO become enlghted practitioner, 1t Is ms essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana atec-
tons in IT. nature repulsve to delicate sen 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 it and regard it only as labor,
disarreeabe 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 inirmity, Struck NY DIS
ease the attractive parts OF mans nat-re are cloudeu
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 self indulgence, the qualification OF appettes, me
exhausng toll of avarce the feverish lGbors 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 ms
skill or his cares.
first truth for n medical TO learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phlanthropc
heart will feel that il is pleasure aS well as duty,
to relieve bodily innrmities, whenever and however
they appear This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science 1t devotes itself to the mitigation ol
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
healh. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of mach that is disagreeabe. But he IS reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that althor g
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets VIII he
richest return for its lGbors.
OF all the affections that aflct man, there is no
one terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who fist contracts IT.
rightul frequently are its ravages in his constitu
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eve; covered with blotches 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 suct
condition exists, 1t cannot be doubted that life vii
too frequently be short and full Of pain.
SCRoFuLA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases, IT'S trut
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is, as far as practcable, tf
Eradicate SyphiIis from the World Would it not
seem that disease preyaen! aud so direfu, ought
TO excite the ieepeSt interest among the medical men
both as respects its true pathology and its treatme
What excuse can he oiIer for his deficiency who call:
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant OF the bes
means o. checking it and preventing any future evi
agnaton the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and a disgusting one &c
treat? Such an excuse may probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but Il will not satisfy sce ce moi
philanthropy
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of Il. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with sEattering knowledge of what
bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obllgation-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 he
owes to himself, to make and maintain n reputation
for attainmens and skill. There practiton-
ers, indeed there are many, 1cO are ignorant 0fCen
sredI diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tlem.-Of all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will he 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 respectdbHHy Of
diseases. All malades 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 class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c II. TOZER, NJ. D.