Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-22
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yENEREAL,
Dr II TozEE,. sacramento.


There are no malades to which the human family IS
liable of deeper Importance either in medical OF
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. -,
AS me dical men, it is business to look at ans
ease merely ms it affects life and hedthi and our ell
forts are directed not to the reformation OF man "
cious oensities but to the mitigation oil MS Dodiy
suferinCs. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
T,ueyek 16ictiOnS And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. Ii MS
feelings aro allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be limited TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enghted practitioner, u Is rs essenuai
that he should be liberal and ardent one and alec-
tions in e~ nature repulsive to delicate senspues'
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view oft and regard It only as aoor, IS
dsagree8ble In any form, disease Is uhpleasahV
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights The physician is made the witness poth oil
physical pain and moral inhrmtyi Struck ny as,
ease the attractive parts of mans naIre are coudeu
over: his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word is transformed 100
often alas Is sickness the consequence oil his own lol
ly: self indulgence the qualification OF appettes, INC
exhausting toll of avarce the feversh lebors for hui
man applause all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant inc
moral aspects not to have any influence upon MS
| skill or his cares.
At the best human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for medical man to learn; ana in What-
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phlanhropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duy,
| to relieve bodily inhrmities, whenever ana however
| they appear. This is the higher and nober view OF
medical science devotes itself 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 dsagreeabe. But he IS reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling ta aithOr gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets witt HE
richest return for its labOrs.
or all the affections that aiiict man, there Is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful is to the person who first contracts it,
frighful frequently its ravages in his cOnstitu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction 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 blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance OF old aga
and it is probable that every particle of the living or
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
a condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full pain.
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
Eradicate SyphiJtS from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and so direful ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects It's true pathology and its reatme
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means OF checking 1t and preventing any future evil
Consequences Is IL enough for him to say to the i'm
agnaton the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scetce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with smatterng knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well. He feels resting upon
him double oblgatOn-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualihed
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attainments and skill. There are some pracon-
ers, indeed there many lCh0 are ignorant Green
ere Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tlem0f all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their Ignorance is not
confined to these diseases atone; they will he 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 Of
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for his
care and reflections 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 he inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.