Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-01
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on ylxrREA1,
DE. c. n. T0NEIs. sacramento.

There are no maadies 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.
AS medical men, It is our business to look at dis
merely it affects {iie dUd hedih, and eG
forts are directed, not to the reformation of mans Vi
cious propcusitcS, but to the mitigation of his bodily
SulcrlGgs. 1t is in this abstract sense write of
ItHefdi 1fccti0Hs. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II his
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits, his qualifications will necessarily be lmi,cd to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes.
To become aB enlished practitioner, il is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and anec
tons' in heirnature to delicate senblites,
be regarded in 10 other light than morbid pheno
mena af the LIVING BODY,
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of it ana regard it only as labor is
disagreeabe Inauy form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both of
physical pain aud moral uhrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re couded
over; his pride is huuhied; his intellect e disturbed
his whole character, in word is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence of his fol-
ly; ;sefndulgeuCe, the graHcation of appettes, the
eNhaustng toll OF ayarce the fevesh lebors for hu-
applause, all produce their haneful effects UpOn
the Constitutions. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are 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
way this weakness is exhibited, the philanthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure well as duty,
to relieve bodily mirmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view Of
medical science. 1t devoes itself to the mitigation Of
paiu, the abatement Of disease, the restoration to
hca.h In doing this its minister must be the spec
taor Of much that is dsagreeablc. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that alihor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets with the
richest return for its labors
OF all the affections that anlict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as ii is to the person who FIST contracts it,
frighfu as frequently are its ravages in his constu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is u
disease of deeper interest and more to be lamentcd
when transmitted to offspring Children often come
into the world with the disease hdcousy manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wriuked faces having the appearance of old age /;
and it is probable that every particle of the living
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
condition exists, it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full Of pain.
SoRoruLA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases, its fruit (;
and way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections, is, far practicable, to
Efddtcdte Sy)it{t{S from tie WOrid Would it not
seem tha disease so prevalent and SO direiu, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects It's true pathology and its trcamer
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he sees it, and is ignorant Of the best
means Of checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agnauon the disease Is luatsun one That it is n
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treaty Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but it will not satisfy scieLce
philanthropy
Whoever undertakes the medical profession with
true spirit, Will never rest contened with knowing
only limited part Of it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well lie feels resting upon
him double obllgation-one, the duty he 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 attainments and skill There are some practitiou-
ers indeed there many, lohO are ignorant Qfcen-
ered discusses, because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat ia em.-Of all such persons it may be
serted as beyond dispute, that their ignorance is
confined TO these diseases atone, they viii be 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,
viii not know any difference in the rcSpectabddg Of
diseases. All naladies are alike fit subjects for his
care 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 bust
ness will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this Is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c. II. r0ZER, NJ D.