The Nevada journal., 1859-07-08
A Practical Treatise on VENERr.1

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By DIR. c. II. TOZER Sac, arpcnto
There no maladies to which the human family I.
liable OF Deeper importance either in medIca o.
moral point of view, than those arising from impur.
sexual intercourse.
As medical men, is our business to look at disease,
merely asst affects fe and Health and our efort .r
directed, not the reformation of mans yic,ns -,
pensiiies but to the mitigation ofhs BODILY
1t is in this abstract sense that write of Venere. N
fections And it is in this that the Doctor baIs
address himself to their study If his feelings are
confluence his professional pursuits h.. on.fs..,
will necessarily be limited to those ,uh;ae,. ~
most agreeablet to his tastes. To become n .nl;t.
Practitioner, it is essential that he should he ih.r.i
and ardent one and Affections in their pauyo r.nI:
todeic ate :bilities, must be regarded in
light than as moroidphenomena of the Living Bodv
The whole business of the Medical art w wbenr
low view of it and regard it only as labor &; \.
ableone. In any form. disease is unple,.,n, -,
upon. The sick chamber affords no pea,.nt .;bt oA
The physi. is made the witness both ,fmh;s
and moral intrmity. Struck by disease Ibs 1921,
is humbled: his intellect is disturbed h; h ptl9s
character, in word is transformed Too otter I
is sickness the consequence of his own foly s,ifin
dulgence, the qualification ofappettes the exhaust
ing toll of avarice, the feversb labors for bnn,.
pause, all produce their baneful effects mon S
stitution. Brit to the medical attendant tbs 80. M ~
pect these iacts are not to have any influence unon
his skill or his uPo"
At the best, human nature is but weak rb;.
hrst truth Tor medical man to learn and In ~,
this weak .-ess is exhibited tbo nh;i 81
phic heart will feel that it is a pleasure as well A..
duty, to relieve bodily infrmities wb,paysn
however they appear This S the higher and noh,.
view of medical science. II devotes itself tn the ~,
he
ton to health. In doing this its minister mus, h. ~
spectator of much that is disa greeable But h, !,
warded hy the Ion! sasfac tion that Though
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy s ofrn
painfully excited, yet it is through such roaJ ~,
the richest return for its abors
In this view, all diseases are alike to tn. faithful
physician He makes distinct tween the
that have developed them. He sees man suffering
and all his facilities are employed In give ~;
Disease he regards as misfortune, and not as pun
ishment. r
hat fEcfu
more terrible in is consequences than SypIJItIS
as II is to the person who first contracts it,
Iish'u astrequen are its ravaes in his cop,titu
lion, ehdlng occasionally in destruction vet is dis,
ease odeeper interest and more to be cd whom
IL Is transmitted to offspring Children en- come into
.ne world with the disease hideously the eve CO.
.ereu with botohes and with wrinkled fa e.,
nasig the appearance of old and it is lrobable
't eSefy particle ofthe living organism is equally
tainted with the poison When such condition ~
ISIS IL cannot be doubted that life will frequently
SCORFULA. CONSUMPTION, and other disease,
that are sometimes hereditary in many cases. its
fruit and one way stay the devastating march ~
those fearully fatal affections is far as
to ERADICATE SYPHILIS FROM THE WORID
Would ii seem that diseas Sc SO prevalent "a .
dreul, ought to excite the deepest interest among
the medical men, both respects its trse p,tho,g1
and its treatment What e1cnse he offer for al.
deficiency, who calls himself surgeon and vet doc.
not even recognize the disease when he it, and ia
ignorant ofthc best of checking it and prevent
ing any future evil consequences: Is it enough for
him to say that to the mag nation the disease is oatb
some ono that is a disreputable one to have and ,
badly satisfy him who has nobetter but will not
f! science nor phila anthropy.
Whoever undertakes the medical profession with .
true spirit Will never rest contented with knowing
onl! limited part of it. There is object th.t he
thinks unworthy of investigation and STUDY Uee,n
not he satisfied with smattering knowledge of rb.t
he Is bound to understand well. He feels re.,inp
upon him double obigation-one, the duty h, ov,s
to the public to whom he that he is ou,l
fed member of noble profession the Other IN.
duty he owes to himself to make and maintain r.
putation for attainments and skill There Are sor1,
practitioners indeed there many, nAo are
cfsererd dicdses because they fancy is not respec
able to treat them. OF all such persons it ma ie
serted as beyond dispute that their Ignorance is not
confined 10 these diseases alone they will be found
hcienti in all other points and pror RI, o,,l
fled for the responsibilities they have ssumed Wro
ever mas just appreciat Ihmee to ical art riu
not know any ditfcrance in the respetnbv of I;,o.,
All maadies alike ft subjects for his care and r,
Elections; and the only distinction which he aeknow
ledges, is that cIuharises from their greater or
gravity Circumstance may. indeed direct his mac
tice in particular channel. that his business will
be inclined toone class of Affections. rather than
ther but this is not because he regards some a, be
meath OF unworthy Of his notice
Ouackery has profted by the neglect thatyrn,r,al
diseases have experienced and il is notor,u, that
pretenders have secnred large share oi such pr.e
tee 1t time for the profession free itself from
thlsrcproach The welfare ofsocie.,is dee pv con
cerned nthis as it possibly be with any othe di
ease that afiicts the human family
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