Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-07
A Practical Treatise on Venereal
ny DR. G. Il. TOZER SACRAMENTO,

There nslades to which the human family Is Tia.
ese Of DGkEa IhrOHIAEcE, either In medical moral
pos Of VIEW than those arising from impure sexual In
teGcOagee.
As medical men, Is our business to look at disease
merely ~ effects LIVE AED HEALTH; and Efforts
directed not 70 the reformation Of mans vicious propens
rs bat to the mitigation Of his bodily SurrinEs Is In
thts abstFaet that write Of veneTeA AnecOs
Aud tn sense that the Doctor should address him
seh to their study ha feelings allowed " Influence
HE professional pursuits ha qualifications will necessarily
be limited to those suecs TINT Agreeable to his
tasrA To become enlightened IL esse-
tal that he should be liberal and ardent one and sHec
tons tn their nature Fepulsve decAte senAbes be
regarded in other light than ~ morbid phenomena Of
the ldvlMG BODY.
The whole business Of the medical Art when We take
low view Of and regard only labor, dsAgreea
BILE one In any FORM disease unpleasant 70 look upon.
The alck chamber affords pleasant sights. The phySi
nhrmy Struck BY disease the attractive parts Of mans
nature are couded over his pride IS humbe his intel
lec 10 disturbed his whole character, word, h trans
formed. Too oen alas, 10 sickness consequences Of his
own folly selfndugence, the qualification VI Appettes,
man applause all produce their baneul effects upon the
Constitution. Hut to the medical attendant, the neral
poets are not to have any influence upon Ills skill his
cares.
At the best, human nature IL but weak This Is The first
truth for medical nAn TO learn and Whatever way this
weakness IL exhibited the heart will feel that
II Is pleasure we'll "a duty to rreye bodily narI.
ties, whenever and appear. This the high
sr and nobier Vev Of retca science devotes tsefto
the mitigation 81 PALM the abatement Of disease, the
toratIon OF health In doing this Its minister must be the
spectator Of much that Is dsagrceable but he reward
Sonal comfort Is sacrificed and sympathy Ii often painfully
excited yet II In through such aToRd that has
the widest scope, aud meets with the richest return for It's
labora.
or all the affections that nflct man. there Is no one
more terrible In Its consequences than sYTLs Dreadful
~ IN to the person that lra contracts IT, rglul free
Tuently are Its ravaRcs In his constitution, ending
sionAiy IL DESTRUCTION yeI Is dIae1se Of deeper inter
est aud more to be lacnted when transmitted ~ nrnR.
Children often come Into the world with the disease hide.
Ourly manifested to the eye covered with blOcIca aud
with wrnkIcd faces having the appearance Of old
at Of he
KAnsm 10 equally tainted with the poison. When such u
condition exists cAnn"t be doubted that life will too FREE
quently be short and full Of palm
StROvCLA, CoSSrMTTIOS, and other diseases that
times hereditary, Hre, In many cases. It's fruit and one
affections h IS far ms practicable, to EADcATg SYPHILIS
IROA TIKI WORLD Would u not seem that a disease >
prevalent aud dreul ought excite the deepest inter-
est among medical men, both respects It's true pathology
aud tt treatment! What lie offer for his de-
hcicncy who calls himself surgeon, and yet does not
even recognise the disease when he H. and II ignorant
OF the best means " checking and preventing any l
ture evil consc1uencesp 10 It enough for him TO say to
the iinagna the disease lOasOnc THAT II 10
dlsrepuable one TO have and disgusting to treat
Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy HIN who has
Wlo.vrr unJsrI"t.s m. ne%IcSI npolr".Sn " ,ruc
SPIRIT will cOnlentrh with knowing only limit
ed part Of It, There subject that he thinks unworthy
OF investigation and study lie cannot be satisfied with
smaterhg knowledge Of what he Ia bound to understand
WE'LL lie feels restnE upon him double ObRAtOn-ons,
the duty he owes TO the public to whom he that
he ID qualified member Of noble profession; the other
the duty he owes ~ hmS- 10 make and maintain . Fepu
MtOh ior sUanments ana Ak''I There are aone pTaGu
TONER'S indeed there many, w.
HEhsAL DsEAsEa bee they fancy b respectable
to treat them " all such persons may be asserted
beyond daputs that thUr Ign0 10 confined 10
these diseases Hone they will be found deficient In all
other points, aud not property qualified for the Tespon
sbIties they have assumed. Whoever has Just appre
citation Of the medical will not know my difference In
the OG hsRAeR All mAladira alike 1t
subjects for lis and reflection and the only distnc
ton that he acknowledges In that which arises from their
greater or less gravity Circumstances may direct
his practice In particular channel that his business
he 81. .
other, hut this IL not because he regards brncA
unworthy OF his notice. e. II. TOZER, VI. d.