Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-02
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vESEREAL,
mr.. III. TOzER. Sacramento.


There are no maladies 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. =,
ease merely as it affects life and hedth and our ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation OF man VI
cious propenstes, but to the mitigation oil MS Douy
suferEgs 1t is in this abstract sense We write OF
TsuereH affections. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their stIdy II his
feelings allowed to influence ms PROFESSIONAL pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be llml ed TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlighed practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; ana auec
tons in ''~n nature repusiYe to dehcate senlOl''s'
be regarded in no other light than as morbid phen9-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
III, whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view Of it and regard 1t only as labor IS
dagrces Bile 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 pun and moral iulrmityi struck ny us-
ease the attractive parts of mans natcre are clouded
over; his pride is humbled his Intellect le disturbed
/ his whole character, in a word is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own fol
y; seindugence, the gratifcation Of appetites, The
eXhaustng toll of avarce. the fever!sh cbors Tor hu-
man applause all produce their baneul effects upon
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 medical man to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phlanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure rs well as duty
! to relieve bodily infrmities, whenever and however
tev 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 disagreeabe But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction Of feeling that althorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, vet il is through such road that
Benevolerce has the widest scope, and meets with he
| richest return for its labors.
or all the affections that aflict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who fist contracts it,,
rigtfu frequently are its ravages in his cOnstltu-
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeousy manifested
| to the eve 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
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 far practicable, to
Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he sees it, and ignorant OF the best
means OF checking il and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is oathsom one that it is
treat? Such an excuse may, probably satisfy him
who has BETTER but it will not satisfy scieLce
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
not be satisfied with sratterng knowledge of what
he is bound to understand WELL He feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-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 attachments and skill. There some practition-
ers, indeed there many 1CO are ignorant Qfcen-
eredt diseases because they fancy it not respecta-
bic to treat them-Of all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is
confined to these diseases alone; they will be 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 respect0bitHy o
diseases. All maladies alike fit subjects for h
care and reflection and the only distinction that HI
acknowledges, is that which arises from their greater
| or less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed, drec
his practice in particular channel that his bust
ness will be inclined to class of Affections, rathe
than another but this is not because he regards som
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. H. T0ZER, NJ. D.