Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-05
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on vENEREAL,
nr. G. ". TOEER. sacramento.


! There are no maladies to which the human family IS
liable Of deeper importdRce, either in medical or
moral point of view, than those arising rom impure
sexual intercourse.
ease merely as it affects Ire dHd hedtt and our ell
forts are directed not to the reformation OF mans "
cious propenstes but to the mitigation of his bodily
suTeringS. 1t is in this abstract sense we Wle ol
VeaeyedL Af6ctiORS. 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 will necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become an enligted practitioners it is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one ana aec
tions in 9j- nature repulsve to delicate senibties,
be regarded in other light than as morbid pheno-
mena af the LIVING BODY.
The whole business of the medical art, when we
take low view Of it and regard 1t only as labor IS
disarreeable one In any FORM disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords no Pheasant
sights The physician is made the witness poth Of
/ physical pain and moral inhrmty, struck ny as
ease the attractive parts Of mans na-re are coude
over; his pride is hunbed; his Intellect lie dlsturpeu
his whole character, in a word, is transformed TOO
often alas is sickness the consequence OF ms own lo
ly; selndulgence the grathcation Of appeutes, me
eNhaustng toll of avarice the eversh ebors LOT hu-
man applause all produce their hanetul effects upon
the Constitution. But 20 the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are not TO nave any hHuenCe upon HIS
skill or his cares. - ,
Attic hest human nature is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to learn; ana IN what
ever way this weakness is eNhbltedi inc pllanroPc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as Duty
to relieve bodily inGrnities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science. 1t dev0tes itself to the mitigation oil
paiu the abatement of disease, the restoration to
health In doing this, its minister must be the spec
tat0r of much that is disagrecahe But ne Is reWaru
ed by the lofty satisfaction OF feeling mat alot IN
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited, yet it is through such road that
Benevolence has the widest scope, and meets WIZ he
richest return for its labors.
OF all the affections that allict man, there IS no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful as it is to the person who ii st contracts IT.
rghtful as frequently are its ravnges IN his consttu
ton ending occasionally in destruction yet it is
disease of deeper interest, and more to be amented
| when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease htdeousy manestea
! to the eve; covered with blotches and sores with
wrinbled faces, having the appearance OF OLD ag9i
and it is probable that every particle OF the liVhg OF
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. when sucn
condition exists, it cannot be doubted that lie VIII
too frequently be short and full OF pain
ScRoFuLA, CONSUMPTION, and other diseases that are
sometimes hereditary, are in many cases. IT'S lrult )
and one way to stay the devastating march of those
fearful fatal affections is far as practicable, to
| Eradicate SyphiIis from the World Would it not
seem that disease prevalent and so direfu, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology and its reatmentY
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who caus
himself surgeon, and yet does not even recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
means of checking and preventing any future evil
consequences Is il enough for him to say to the i'm
agnation the disease is loathsom one that 1t is
| disreputable one to haVe ana n disgusting one 10
| treat? Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has no better, but it will not satisfy scietce nor
philanthropy.
| Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with a
! true spirit win never rest contented with knowing
only limited part OF it. There is subject that he
thinks unworthy Of investigation and study. He can
not be satisfied with n sTatterng knowledge OF what
he is bound understand we'll He feels resting upoa
him double obllgaton-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 a reputation
for atanments and skill. There some praciition-
ers indeed there many 1ChO are ignorant Cf0e1-
ereaI diseases because they fancy is not respecta
bic to treat tn hem0f all such persons it may be as
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases dJORe 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 reSpectdb0dy O
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 bust
ness will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath unworthy his notice
c. II. TOZER, NJ. D.