Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-24
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vESEREAL,
Dr. O. n TOzER. SACRAMENTO.

There are no maades 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 medical mem it is our business to look at dis
ease merely affects lie and hedttt and our ef-
forts are directed, not to the reformation oi man VI
cious propCnsites, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
suTerirgs 1t is in this abstract sense we Wrlie OF
TeHeredI affections. And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II ms
feelings ara allowed to influence his professional pur-
suits his qualifications viii necessarily be lim ed to
those subjects that most agreeable TO his tastes
70 become eughted practitioner, is as essential
that lac should he liberal and ardent one ana alec
tons in ~pature repusve dedicate sen,lD,itlfs s.
be regarded In other light than as morbid phen"-
/ mena az the LIVING BopY
! The whole business Of the medical art, When we
take low view Of it and regard 1t only as labor, is
disacreeable 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 intirmy' struck uy as,
ease the attractive parts Of mans natre are cIouded
over; his pride is humbled; his intellect lie disturbed
his whole character, in word, is transformed. TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF his own fol
~: sefindulgence, the qualification of appetes the
eXhaustng toll of avarice the ieversh lcbors Tor hu
man applause, ali produce their baneful effects Hp0n
tie Constitution. But to the medical attendant the
moral aspects 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 phlanthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well rs duty,
TO relieve bodily inhrmities whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobier view OF
medical science. 1t devotes selfO the mitigation of
paiu, the abatement of disease, the restoration to
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 althor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope and meets VIII he
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that sfIlict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful AS it to the person who fist contracts it,
frightfu frequently are its rayages in his consttu
tion ending occasionally in destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hileously manifested
to the eye; covered with bloches and sores with
wrnked faces, having the appearance of old ago I;
and il 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 pain.
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 far as practicable, to
Erddicdte Sgphais from tie World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so direful, ought
TO excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its treamet
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means OF checking il and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agination the disease is loathsom one that it is
disreputable one to have, and a disgusting one to
treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but it will not satisfy scie
philanthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medcl Il profession with
true spirit, will never rest contented with knowing
only limited part of 1t. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. He
not be satisfied with sTatterng knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upOn
him double obgation--one, the duty he to the
public, to whom he announces that he is qualified
member of a noble profession the other the duty he
owes to himself to make and maintain a reputation
for atanments and skill. There some practtion-
ers indeed there many, tChO are ignorant QfUen-
eredl diseases because they fancy it is not respeca
bic to treat tAem-Of all such persons it 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 respectdbHHy of
diseases. All maladies 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 channel, that his bus
will he inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards
as beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.