Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-30
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on yEyEREAL,
Dr, G. III. TOZEK. Sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family is
liable Of deeper Importance, either in medical or
moral point of view, III IN those arising from impure
sexual Intercourse.
s,s IN, dical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life ami hedit; and our ef-
forts are directed, to the reformation of mans vi
cois propenstes but to the mitigation Of his bodily
sutIcrirgs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
TeReredi AbectionS. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications will necessarily be lmi ed to
those subjects that are most agreeable TO his tastes
To become AN eughted practitioner il is rs essential
that lac should be liberal and ardent one and aiiec
tons in -naturc repulsiye TO delicate sen,ibitits,
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
meua 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
disagreesble In any form, disease unpleasant
TO look upon The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both OF
physical pain and moral nirmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re are couded
over his pride is humbed; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in a word, is Transformed Too
often alas sickness the consequence of his own fol
ly; scfndulgcnce, the qualification Of appetites, the
eXhausng toll of avaricc the feverish lcbors for hui
man applause, all produce their banefu effects upon
the Constitution 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
ever way this weakness is exhibited the phlanthropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
Z
thev appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science 1t deYotcs itself TO the mitigation oil
paiu, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeabe. 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
Benevolerce has the widest scope, and meets WIZ me
| richest return for its labOrs.
all the affections that anlict man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as is to the person who FIST contracts it,
rightfu frequently are its ravages in his consttu-
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously 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 or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When such
condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full ofpain.
SCROFUk, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, in many cases, its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march Of those
fearful fatal affections is as far as practicable, to
Eyadtcdte SHphiLis from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and dreful, ought
10 excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and It's Treatment
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself 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 it enough for him to say to the inn
agnaton the disease is a loathsOm one that it is a
diSreputable one to have, and n disgusting to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but will not satisfy sce' ce nor
philanthropy
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will rest coniented with knowing
only limited part OF it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy Of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with sn:atterng knowledge Of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting up0n
him double obllgation-one the duty he owes to the
public, to whom he announces that he is n qualified
member Of a noble profession the other, the duty he
to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attainmens and skill. There practition-
ers, indeed there many, 1CO are ignorant Qfre-
erc diseases, because they fancy it is not respecta-
bic to treat them.-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 a just appreciation of the medical art
will not know any difference in the respectdJHHy Q
diseases. All maladies are alike fit subjects for his
care and reflection; and the only distinction that h,
acknowledges, is that which arises from their greater
/ or less gravity. Circumstances may, indeed, direc
his practice in apartcular channel, that his bust
ness will be inclined to one class of aflctons, rathe
than another; but this is not because lie regards som
| as beneath orunWorthy his notice.
c., II. TOZER, NJ D.