Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-12
PRACTICAL TREATISE on yESEREAL,
Dr. g.. III. TOzER. sacramento.

There are no maadies 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. :,
ease merely as it affects lie and hedtt6; and our et-
forts are directed, not to the reformation OF man VI
cous propensities, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
suTerngs 1t Is in this abstract sense we write OF
TeneredI A9ectjORS. And 1t is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study Ii ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to ms tastes
To become an enlighed practitioner, 1t is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one and aiec-
tions in e'- nature repusive to delicate sensibhes
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mcna 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
disagreeabe one. In any form, disease unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
| sights The physician is made the witness both oi
/ physical pain and moral inhrmity, Struck NY dls-
ease the attractive parts Of mans nat=re are clouded
over his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own iol-
ly; sefndulgencc, the qualification of appettes, the
exhausng toll of avarcc the feverish ebors Tor hu-
man applause all produce their baneful effects upon
! tie Constitution. But TO the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are 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 a medical man to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the philanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty
TO relieve bodily iniirmities, whenever and however
they 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 disagreeabe But he 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
Benevoence has the widest scope, and meets witt .he
| richest return for its labors.
Ofall the affections that aIlict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who first contracts it,
frghtfu as frequently are its ravages in his consttu-
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it 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
wrnkled faces, having the appearance Of old aga
and it probable that every particle of the living or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
a condition exists, II cannot be doubted that life will
| too frequently be short and full ofpain.
ScRoFULA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that
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 SyphiiiS from the World Would it moi
seem that disease prevalent and so 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 surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when re it, and ignorant OF the best
means OF checking it and preventing any future ev
consequences Is It enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is oathsom one that II Is
dsreputable one to have, and disgusting one 10
treat? Such may, probably, satisfy him
who has no BETTER but it will not satisfy scleLce
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II profession with
true spirit, will rest cOntented with knowing
only limited part of it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of Investigation and study. lie
not be satisfied with smatterng 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 qualified
member of a noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill. There are some practiton-
ers, indeed there many, lcO ignorant 0fUen-
eredL diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tn hem.-0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dIone 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 reSpectdbit1y Of
diseases. All maades are 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 bust
ness will be inclined to one class of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath unworthy his notice.
c. II. T0ZER, NJ. d.