Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-28
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vRSEREAL,
Dr. @. II. TOzER. sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human family is
| liable Of deeper importance, either in medical or
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
as tdical men, it is business to look at dis
merely it affects life and hedtth; and our ef
forts directed not to the reformation OF mans vi
cous prOpensties but to the mitigation Of his bodily
suiTerings. II is in this abstract write Of
VeneredI affections. And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be mi ed to
those subjects that are most agreeable to his tastes
TO become enighed practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aec
tons, in mature repusive to delicate sen,ibties,
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 II and regard it only labor, is
| to look upon The sick chamber affords no pleasant
| sights. The physician is made the witness both of
! physical pain and moral nfirmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractv parts Of mans nat-re clouded
over; his pride humbed his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas Is sickness the consequence of his fol
y; sefindulgence, the gratidca ton of appetes the
exhausng toll of avarice the feverish ebors for hu-
man applause, all produce their haueful effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his
At the best. human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for a medical man to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited, the philanhropc
heart will feel that it is n pleasure as well as Duty
| to relieve bodily intrmtes, whenever and however
tkev appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science. 1t devotes itself to the mitigation of
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is dsagreeabe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satsacto of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets with he
richest return for its labors.
or all the affections that a1lict man, there is no
one terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who list contracts it,
La ava
ton, ending occasionally in destruction 4; yet it is a
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 blotches and with
wrinkled faces, having the appearances Of old aga
and is probable that every particle of the living
ganism is equally tainted with the poison. When such
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, in many cases, its fruit
| and one way to stay the devastating march OF those
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable to
| EradicGte Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so dreful, ought
to excite the ;eepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its treatme II
What 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 checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
aginatOn the disease is loathsom one that IL is a
disreputable one to have, and disgusting to
treat? Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better but ii will not satisfy scie,
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part Of II. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with a snaterng knowledge OF what
he is bound TO understand we'll lie feels resting upOn
him double obgation-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member Of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill. There some practon-
ers, indeed there many, lGo are igROydnt 0fUen
eredt diseases because they fancy Is not respecta
bic to treat tIem.-0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute that their ignorance Is not
confined TO these diseases alone; they will he found
deficient in all other points, and not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed
Whoever has just appreciation Of the medical art
will not know any difference in the respectdbiIHy Of
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 busi-
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. T0ZER, NJ. D.