Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-01
A PRACTICAL TREATISE OK vESEREAL,
d.. g. n. TOzER. Sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family IS
liable of deeDer Importance either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS medical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects lie and heditb and our ef-
forts are directed, not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propcnsties, but to the mitigation of his bodily
suferiugs II is in this abstract sense we write OF
Teueyedt ifctiOHS And it is ia 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 are most agreeable to his tastes
70 become eughted practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana aiiec
Ous, in i3~ nature rtpuslNe 70 dthcatc senslol's'
/ be REGARDED IN no other light than rs morbid phen0-
mena af the LIVING BoDY.
/ The whole business of the medical art, when we
take allow view of il and regard II only as labor,
disaureeable one In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
/ sights The physician smade the witness both ol
/ phvsical nain and moral mhrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts Of mans nat-re are couded
over; his pride is humbed his intellect ie disturbed
| his whole character, in a word, is transformed Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his own fol
y; seliudulgencc the grauhc ton ol appeutes' me
cNhausng toll OF ayarce. the feversh lebors for hui
man applause, all produce their hancuI effects upoA
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant me
moral aspects are not TO have any influence upon his
/ skill or his cares.
Az the best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man TO learn and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phlanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure well as duty,
! to relieve bodily infrmities whenever and however
thev appear. This is the higher and nober view of
medical science II devotes itself to the mitigation OF
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
heah In doing this, It's minister must be the spec
aOr of much that is dsagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that althOU 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.
Orail the affections that aillict mau, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful it is to the person who FIST contracts 1t,
frghtfu frequently are its ravages IN his consttu-
ton ending occasionally IN destruction; yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more 10 be amcnted
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
! to the eve: covered with blOches and sores with
wrnkled faces, having the appearance Of old ago
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 he short and full of pain.
SCRoFULA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
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
Eiddicdtc SYDhiiS from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and so direful, ought
to excite the eepes interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology anditS treatment?
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency who calls
himself a surgeon and yet does not 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
agination the disease is oahsom one that it is a
dsrcputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but will not satisfy soe ce nor
philanthropy.
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 Of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with snatierng knowledge Of what
he is bound to understand we'll. He feels resting upon
him double obgation--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 reputation
for attainments and skill. There some practton
crs indeed there are many, 1CIO are ignorant QfUen-
eredl diseases, because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tnem.Of all such persons it may he
serted beyond dispute, that their Ignorance is not
confined to these diseases diORe they will he found
deficient in all other points, and 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 re8pectdb0Uy O
diseases All maladcs 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, direc
his practice in aparcular channel, that his bust
ness will be inclined to one class Of Affections, rather
than another; but this Is not because he regards som
as beneath runWorthy his notice.
c. IL. T0ZER, NJ. D.