Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-20
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vrNEREAL,
Dr. G. III. ,roEErs. sacramento.

DIR. G. FL. 'E0E EES. Sacr2fhenVO'
There are no malades to which the human family is
liable of deeDey importance, either in medical or
moral point Of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS medical mem it is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects ts and hedith, and our et-
forts are directed to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propensites, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
suTerrgs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TeRerei A96cti0RS. 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 viii necessarily be leu TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
TO become an euliged practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and atiec-
tions in s~u nature repusiye to delicate sen-ibtes,
be regarded i'm no other light than as morbid lleh'-
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
dsagreeable one 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 inirmity, Struck ny DIS,
ease, the attractive parts OF mans natre are clouueu
over; his pride is humbled; his intellect le dstupeu
his whole character, in word, is transformed. TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own fol-
y: :sefindulgenee, the qualification of appettes, The
eXhauSng toll Of avarce the teverish Gbors of hu-
man appauSe, all produce their hHneful effects up0R
tie Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares
Atthe best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to learni and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phanthropc
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to relieve bodily infirmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nohlcr view of
medical science 1t devots 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 is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction Of feeling that ahorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is oiien
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
BencvocEce has the widest scope, and meets WITH he
richest return for its iabors.
OfaIl the affections that anlict man, there is no
la in IFS
Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts it,
frghtlul frequently its ravages in lis consttu-
ton ending occasi onaliy IN destlHctio yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lainened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeously manifested
to the eye covered with blotches and sores with
wrinked faces, having the appearance of old ago;
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 ofpain.
SCBoFULA, 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 as iar as practicable to
Erddicate SY)liljs from the WOt}d Would it not
that disease prevalent and so dircful, ought
to excite the 1eepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and IFS treatmepy
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself n 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 + it enough for him to say TO the i'm
aginaton the disease is loaths0m one that it is a
disreputabe one to have, and a disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but It viii not satisfy scie'
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit, viii rest contencd with knowing
only limited part Of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with siEatering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him a double obllgation-0ne, the duty he to the
public to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of noble profcssiOn the other, the duty he
owes to himself to make and maintain a reputation
for attainments and skill There are some practiton-
ers, indeed there many, lCh0 are ignorant ofOen
ered Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to trent tlem.-Of all such persons it may be
serted as beyond dispute that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will be 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 reSpectGOHHy Of
diseases All maladies are alike fit subjects for his
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 bus
will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
c II. TOZER, NJ. D.