Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-23
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vRSEREAL,
DIR. c. HE. T0zEGs. 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 medical men, it is our business to look at dis
merely it affects LIE and hedItt; and our ef
forts directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cious DropenSes, but to the mitigation Of his bodily
su1errgs. 1t is in ths abstract sense we write of
VeReredL Injections. And it is in this 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.
70 become an eulighed practitioner, it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one and alice
tion, in - nature repusye to delicate senblitcs,
be regarded in other light than as morbid phen0-
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 In any form, disease is unpeas
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness oo'h OF
physical pain and moral infrmity, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts OF mans nat2re are cOuded
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 fo
ly Indulgence, the qualification of appettes, The
eXhaustng toll OF avaricc. the feversh ebors for hu-
man applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
TIE Constitutions But to the medical attendant, me
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his
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 phlanhropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
to relieve bodily inrmites, whenever and however
tkev appear This is the higher and nobler view or
medical science 1t devutes itself to the mitigation OF
paul. the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is dsasreeable But he reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling that althorgh
personal comfort sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
ensyoence has the widest scope, and meets with :he
richest return for its labors.
or ali the affections that AfIlict man, there is no
more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS.
Dreadful as it is to the person who INST contracts 1t,
rigtul as frequently are IT'S raVages IN MS consttu-
ton, ending occasionally in destruction yet II is n
disease OF deeper interest," and more to be amented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
| to the eye; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance Of old aga
and is probable that every particle OF the living or
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When such
condition exists it cannot be doubted that life will
too frequently be short and full OF pain.
SCROFULA, 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 far practicable to
| EyGdicdte SYDhit{S from the WOfd Would it not
that disease prevalent and so dretul, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both respects its true pathology and its reatme
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency who calls
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant OF the best
OF checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agnation the disease is oathsom one that it is n
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 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. He can
not be satisfied with smattering knowledge OF what
he is bound understand well. 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 a noble profession the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attanments and skill There are some practition
ers, indeed there many tChO arc ignorant ofUen
ered Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat tleIn.-0f all such persons it may be
serted 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 Of
diseases. All malades are 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 class of Affections, rather
than another; but this is not because he regards some
rs beneath or unworthy his notice.
G. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.