Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
Dr q r. ,rozEV. sacramento.

DIR. &. FL. aOE bAEs SdcIsiuhchtV'
There are no malades to which the human famlyis
liable of deeper Importance, either in medlcal OF
moral point of view, than those arising from impure
sexual intercourse. -,
AS medical men, it is our business to look at as
ease merely as affects life and hedttt; and our Ell
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans "
cious propensities but to the mitigation oi his bodily
suiTerings 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
Tsnere A66ctionS 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 limited TO
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enghted practitioner it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent onei ana alec-
lions in lei- nature repusive to delicate sensibies,
be regarded in no other light than as merDld pheho-
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
dsagreeable In any form, disease Is unpleasant
to look upon The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness Ooth oi
physical pain and moral inhrmty, Struck NY ds,
ease the attractive parts of mans natre are couded
over; his pride is humbed; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in "a word, is transformed. Too
often alas, is sickness the consequence OF ms own lol
ly self-indulgence the qualification of appettes, The
exhausting toll of avarice the leversh ebors for hu-
man applause all produce their banefu effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon MS
skill or his cares.
! Atthe best, human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical TO learn; and in what
ever way this weakness is exhibited, the phanthfopc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as wen as duy
to relieve bodily nrmities, whenever and however
they appear This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science 1t devotes itself to the mitigation oil
pau the abatement of disease, the restoration 10
health. In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tator of much that is disagreeable But he Is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling that auovgh
personal comfort is sacrificed ana sympathy Is olten
/ painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope, and meets WIFE he
| richest return for its labOrs.
| OF all the affections that alict man, there is no
one terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who hrst contracts IT,
rightfu as frequently are its ravages IN his cOnstltu-
| ton, ending occasionally IN destFHct30R yet II Is
disease of deeper interest, and more TO be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hdeOusly manifested
to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
\ wrinkled 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
condition exists, il cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full Of fpain.
SCRoFULA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases. its fruit
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections, is, as far as practicable, to
Eradicate SHDhiI{S from the W0Hd Would 1t not
seem that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its treatment
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he sees 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
agluatOn the disease Is lOdIlsom tndL IL Is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy scieLce nor
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medic II 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 ofinvestigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with a smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand well. He feels resting upon
him double obllgaton-one, the duly 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 a reputation
for attachments and skill. There are some practiton-
ers indeed there are many, 1ohO are ignorant ofDe
erod diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat them.-Of all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases d0ne they will be found
deficient in all other points, and 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 reSpectd61Uy Of
Diseases All malades 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 so that his busi
ness will be inclined to class of Affections, rather
than anoher but this is not because he regards some
as beneath orunworthy his notice.
Q. IL. T0ZER, Id.