Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-01
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yESEREAL,
DR.. G. HI. TozER, sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family IS
liable Of deeper iapoytdRce either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. .
AS medical men, il is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects Iis and hedtt; ana our ei-
forts are directed, not to the reformation oil man "
cious prouensitie, but to the mitigation OF ms Douy
suTerngs 1t is in this abstract sense we Wrlte OF
TenereaE Af6ctOHS And it is in this sense that lhe
Doctor should address himself to their study. II ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suts his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an eulghed practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; ana alec-
ons in ,3e~ nature repusiye to delicate senslblites,
be regarded in no other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY
take low view Of it 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 Of
physiral pain and moral inirmty, Struck ny diS-
ease the attractive parts of mans natSre are clouded
over; his pride is humblcd; his intellect le disturbed
his whole character in a word, is Transformed TOO
often alas, is sickness the consequence oil ms own lo
ly: selt-ndugence, the qualification OF appeues, The
eNhausting toll of avarce the eversh lGbors for hu-
applause all produce their banelul elects upon
the Constitution. But TO the medical attendant the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon MS
At the best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man TO learn and in what
ever wav this weakness is exhibited, the phianthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well duty,
to relieve bodily mirnities, whenever and however
thev appear This is the higher and nober view of
medical science. 1t devotes itseli to the mitigation oil
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 satslactio1 of feeling that althorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolerce has the widest scope and meets with .he
richest return for its abors
OF all the affections that aflict man, there is no
,t,a. ora tprr n
Dreadful as it is TO the person who fl st contracts it,
frghfu frequently are its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally in deSti@ctton yet it is
disease Of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
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 ago;
and it probable that every particle of the living or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison. When such
a condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full ofpan.
SCRoFULA CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, in many cases, its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections, is as far as practicable to
Erddicdte SYpbU{S from the UOHd Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and dreful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology andits treatment?
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who caus
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
of checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scet ce nor
Whoever Undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy ofinvestgation and study. He can
not be satisfied with II scattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double oblgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
lublic to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of a noble profession; the other, the duty he
yves to himself, to make and maintain reputation
or attainments and skill. There some practition-
rs, indeed there are many lcao are ignorant QfUeR
real diseases, because they fancy it not respeca
Die to treat them.-Of all such persons it 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 respectdJI8y Of
diseases. All malades alike fit subjects fer 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 a particular channel, so that his busi-
ness will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or UNIV orthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.