Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-17
PRACTICAL TREATISE on yRSEREAL,
DIR. G. H. TOzER. sacramento.

There maadies TO which she human family is
liable of deeper importance, either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS medical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life and heath; and ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cous propensites, but to the mitigation of his bodily
suiferings 1t is in this abstract sense write of
Venereat A6ections And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their study IL his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be mi' ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enlghied practitioner it Is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and arec
tions in ~ nature repuSve to delicate sen Utilities,
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 of it and regard 1t only as labor is
dsagreesbe In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both Of
physical pain and moral nfrmity, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts of mans nat:re are couded
over; his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequences Of his own fol
ly sendulgence, the qualification Of appetltes, the
eXhaustng toll of avar1c the feversh cbors for hui
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
tie Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.
Attic best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited, the phanthrOpic
heart will feel that it is pleasure well duty,
to relieve bodily inirmities, whenever and however
ev appear. This is the higher and nobler view Of
medical science Ii devotes selfto the mitigation Of
paiu, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
aor Of much that is disagreeabe. But he is 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
Beneyoence has the widest scope and meets with She
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that aflct man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as il is to the person who ist contracts it,
rightfu frequently its ravages in his consttu
on, 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 hdeously 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
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 of 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
fearful fatal affections is, far practicable, to
Eradicate Syl1hiIis from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so dreul, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both 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 it, and ignorant Of the best
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is ii enough for him to say to the i'm
agnaton the disease is @ ica.hsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treatY Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but It will not satisfy Scet ce nor
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 ofinvestigaton and study. He
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge OF what
he is bound understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-one, the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is n qualified
member of noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for atainments and skill. There are some practiton-
ers, indeed there many loIO ignorant ofUen-
ered Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tn em-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 are not properly
qualified for the responsibilities they have assumed.
Whoever has a just appreciation of the medical art,
will not know any difference in the respectdbIHy 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, so that his bust
ness will he inclined to class of aflctions, rather
than another but this not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. III. T0ZER, NJ. D,