Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-15
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vrSERrAL,
Dr. G. IN. FOZER, sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable Of deeper jmp0ytdRce either IN meocai OF
moral point Of view, than those arising lrom impure
| sexual intercourse. .
AS medical men, It is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects life and hedtthj ana our ell
forts are directed not TO the reformation OF man "
cious propensitics, but to the mitigation oil his bodily
sufIerinCs 1t is i'm this abstract sense we write OF
Tenereal A6dct0Rs And is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II ms
feelings allowed to influence ms professional pur-
sus his qualifications will necessarily be limited TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an lighted practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana alec-
ons i'm 2si~ nature repulsve to delicate sensbilites,
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 it only as labor, Is
diSagreesbe one. In any form, disease unpleasant
| to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness poth oi
physical pain and moral iutrmity, Struck ny as
ease, the attractive parts of mans natre are coudeu
over his pride is humbled his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, ina word is Transformed Io'
often alas, is sickness the consequence oil ms own io
y selfndulgence the gratihcation OF appettes, me
eXhaustng toll Of avarice the feversh leDors Tor hu
man applause, all produce their baneiul effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant th'
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon h'
skill or his cares.
| Attbe best. human nature is but weak. This is tn,
first truth for a medical man to learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phiantrop'
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duy
to relieve bodily ndrmites, whenever ana however
! thew appear This is the higher and nobler view o.
medical science Itdevotes itself to the mitigation OF
paiu, the abatement Of disease, the restoration tt
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that athor 81
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy IS often
painfully excited yet il is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets witt She
! richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that aflict man, there is nc
one more terrible in its consequences llal sNflLis
Dreadful as it is to the person who hrst contracts 1t
frghtful frequently are its ravages IN MS consttu
tion, ending occasionally IN destFHct'0R yet II IS
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children oiten come
into the world with the disease hideousy manifested
to the eve covered with botches and sores viii
wrinkled faces, having the appearance OF Ola aga
and it is probable that every particle of the living or
ganism is equally tainted with the poison When sucl
condition exists 1t cannot be doubted that life vii
too frequently be short and full ofpan
SCRoFULA, CONSUMPTION and other diseases that art
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases. its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of thos'
fearful fatal affections, is, far as practicable, t.
Eradicate SyphiliS from the World Would it no
seem that disease so prevalent and direful, ough
to excite the deepest interest among the medical
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who cal
! himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he 1t, and ignorant OF the bes
means OF checking it and preventing any future eyi
consequences Is enough for him to say to the i'm
agnaton the disease is loaths0m one that 1t is
!
treat? Such excuse may, probably, satisfy hin
who has better, but it will not satisfy scietce MOI
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
true spirit, will never rest contented 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 we'll He feels resting upOn
him double obllgation--one, the duty he to the
public, TO whom he announces that he Is a qualified
member of 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, aoo are ignorant Green
eFedI 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 atone; 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 respectdbHhy 0J
diseases. All maadies 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, so that his busi-
ness will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another; but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. TOZER, NJ. D.