Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-18
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yENEREAL,
Dr g. H. TOxER, Sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family is
liable Of deeper mpOrtdnce 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 life and hedSth and our ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cious propenstes but to the mitigation OF his bodily
sunerues 1t is in this abstract sense we write oi
VeHeretH AfdctioaS. And it is in 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 most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighed practitioners it'll as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana alice
tions, in 9i- nature repusive to decate senslonUts'
be regarded in no 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
dsagreeable one. In any FORM disease is unpleasant
TO look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both oil
physical pain and moral inhrmity, struck ny dls-
case the attractive parts of mans nat@re are clouue
over his pride humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own FOL
y: self-indugeuce, the qualification OF appeues me
exbaustinr toll of ayarce the fcverish lebors for hu
man applause all produce their baneiul effects UpOR
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 a medical man to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the philanropc
heart Will ee that u Is pleasure rs Ntll rs uuy
to relieve bodily mfrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science. Ii deVotes itself to the mitigation OF
paiu the abatement Of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
aor Of much that is disagreeable 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
Benevolenoe has the widest scope, and meets with She
richest return for its abOrs.
or all the affections that afIlict man, there Is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts 1t,
frighfu as frequently its ravages in his constitu-
ton, ending occasionally IN deStFuctt0h yet 1t Is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eye covered with blotches and sores with
wrnklcd faces, having the appearance of old ago
and it is probable that every particle Of the living
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 ofpain.
SCRoFULA CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
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 SyDhiiS from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both as respects its true pathology and its treatment!
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency who caus
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he sees 1t, 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
aginaton the disease is a loathsom that it is a
disreputable one to have, and a disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better but it VIII not satisfy sceLce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
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 smattering 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 n qualified
member Of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill. There some practton-
ers, indeed there many, lcO are ignorant QfCe1
eredl diseases because they fancy it is not respeca
bic to treat taem-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 just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the reSpectdbH1y 0J
diseases All malades alike fit subjects for his
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
ness will be inclined to class Of Affections rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. II. TOZER, NJ. D.