Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-22
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vESEREAL,
mr. q. II. TOzrR. Sacramento.

There are no malades to which the human family Il
liable of deeper Importance either in medical o
moral point Of view, than those arising from Impure
| sexual Intercourse.
ns medical men, it is our business to look at dis
ease merely it affects lie dBd hedtth; and our et
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans VI
cous proensities but to the mitigation of his bodily
suilerirgs. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeRereH affections. And ii is i this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study. II ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur
SUITS his qualifications will necessarily be lim ed to
those subjects that most agreeable TO his tastes
70 become an enlghed practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alice
tions in mature repusive to delicate sen Utilities,
be regarded in other light than as morbid phen"-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
| m, whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view of it and regard it only as labor
dsagreeSbe one In auy 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 nirmty struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat-re are couded
over; his pride humbed; his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in a word, is transformed Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own iol
y: self-ndugence the qualification Of appettes' The
exhausting toll Of avarce the teversh lebors Tor hu-
man applause, all produce their baneful effects up0n
the Constitution But TO the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
| skill or his
I Atthe best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for a medical man to learn and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phianthr0pc
heart will feel that it is pleasure rs well as duty,
i
/ they appear. This is the higher and nOber view OF
medical science 1t devotes itself to the mitigation OF
paiu, the abatement of disease the restoration to
healCh. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is dsagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisActio of feeling that ahor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Denevoence has the widest scope, and meets with he
richest return for its labOrs.
OF all the affections that aAct man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than
/ us is tD he $ il,
frghtfu frequently IFS ravages in his consttu-
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest and more to be lamened
when transmitted to offspring. Children often cone
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eye covered with blotches and with
wrinked 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
IA condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full of pain.
SCROFULN 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 far as practicable, to
E,ddicdte SyphUiS from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the .eepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatme t
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not 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 i'm
aginaton the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have and disgusting to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scie ce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
true spirit will rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie
not be satisfied with scattering knowledge of what
he is bound understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double oblgation-one the duty he owes 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 q reputation
for attachments and skill. There are some pracitlOn-
ers indeed there are many, 1cho are ignorant Green
eredt diseases, because they fancy it not respeca
bic to treat em.-0f all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is
confined to these diseases dione they will he 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 respectd6HHy Of
diseases. All maadies 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 chaunel, that his busi
will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than another but this not because he regards
as beneath unworthy his notice,
c II. TOZER, NJ D.