Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-16
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vrSEREAL,
Dr. g. H. TOzER. Sacramento.

There are no maladies to which the human family is
liable of deeper Importance, either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse.
AS m, dicaI men, It is our business to look at dis
ease merely as it affects life and hedl; and our ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation of mans Vi
cous propensities but to the mitigation Of his bodily
suferirgs. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeReredJ directions. 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 limi' ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
TO become enlghted practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and aiiec-
tons in is- nature repulsve to delicate sen,bties,
be regarded In no other light than as morbid pheno
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business Of the medical art, when we
take low view of 1t and regard it only as labor is
disagreesble 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 intrmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts of mans na-re are clouded
OVER his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own FOL
~: self indulgence, the grathcatOn OF appettes, the
eXhaustng toll of avarice. the feversh obOrs for hu
man applause, all produce their baneiu effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not to have any influence upon MS
skill or his cares.
Atthe best, human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for n medical man TO learn; and in what
ever wav this weakness is exhibited the phlanthropc
heart will feel that is pleasure well duty,
to relieve bodily nlrmtes, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view Of
medical science. devotes itself to the mitigation OF
pau, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that dsagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty sasiactio of feeling that althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it is through such road that
Bencvoerce has the widest scope, and meets witt she
richest return for its labors.
or all the affections that afllict man, there Is no
one uOr
Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts it,
frghtful frequently are its rayages in his constu-
tion ending occasionally an destruction vet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and 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
a condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full of pain
SCRoFULA, CoNsUMPTON, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary are in many cases, its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fcaf fatal affections is, as far as practicable, to
Eradicate .SHphaiS from the World Would it not
seem that n disease so prevalent and so G4efl ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse 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 checkingi and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the inn
u ~
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but 1t will not satisfy scet
Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with n
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part of it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with scattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obgation-one, the duty he owes to the
public to whom he announces that he is a qualified
member of n noble profession the other the duty he
owes TO himself to make and maintain reputation
for attainments and skill. There some practition-
ars indeed there many, aoh0 are ignorant 0fUen-
sredI diseases, because they fancy is not respecta
bic to treat th hem.-0f all such persons may be
serted 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 reSpectdbiuy Of
diseases. All maades 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 bus-
ness will be inclined to one class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
AS beneath or unworthy his notice
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.