Year: 1859

There 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.


rs medical men, II is our business to look at dis
merely it affects life and health and our ef-
forts are directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cious propenstes but to the mitigation of his bodily
snderings II is in this abstract sense we write OF
Feneredt fecti0nS And it is in this that the
Doctor should address himself to their stldy II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur
suits his qualifications will necessarily be mi ed to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes
To become enghted practitioner 1t Is AS essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and alec-
tons in - nature repulsve to delicate sen,ibllities,
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 1t only as labor IS
dlsagreeabe one. 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 infrmty, Struck NY dis
ease the attractive parts of mans nat.re are clouded
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
y selfindulgence, the qualification OF appettes, The
eNhaustng toll of avarce the eversh Gbors 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 his
| skill or his cares.


Atthe best, human nature Is but weak This is the
first truth for medical man to earn and in what
way this weakness is exhibited, the phlanthropic
heart will feel that it is pleasure well as duty,
to relieve bodily inhrmities, whenever and however
t,ev appear. This is the higher and nobler view OF
medical science. 1t devoes tselfto the mitigation o
paiu, the abatement Of disease, the restoration to
hcalh In doing this its minister must be the spec
ator Of much that is disagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that aithor gh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it is through such road that
Benevoence has the widest scope and meets witt 5he
! richest return for its abors.


or all the affections that afIlic man. there Is no
| npa farr in ifg
Dreadful it is to the person who fist contracts it,
rghtful frequently are its ravages in his constitu


ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet 1t 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 botches and sores with
wrinked faces, having the appearance Of old aga
and it is probable that every particle of the living or
gansm is equally tainted with the poison. When suct
condition exists 1t cannot be doubted that life will
! too frequently be short and full ofpan.


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, rs far as practicable, tc
! Eradicate SyDltitiS from the World Would 1t MOI
seem that disease prevalent and so dreful, ough
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both as respects its true pathology and its treatme Il
What excuse can he offer for his deficiency, who calls
himself a surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the bes
means o checking it and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him TO say to the Inn
u
disreputable one to have, and a disgusting "a
treatY Such an excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has better, but it will not satisfy sce, nor
philanthropy.


Whoever undertakes the medic profession with a
true spirit, will rest contented with knowing
only limited part OF it, There is no subject that he
thinks unworthy of investigation and study. lie can
not be satisfied with scattering knowledge OF what
he is bound TO understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obgation-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 reputation
for attainments and skill. There pracition-
indeed there many, 1oltO are ignorant ofUen-
eredI Diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat t. em.-of all such persons it may be
serted beyond dispute, that their ignorance is not
confined to these diseases alone; they will he found
deficient in all other points, and are 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 respectdJtny O
diseases All malades are 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 bust
will be inclined to class Of Affections, rather
than another but this is not because he regards some
as beneath or unworthy his notice.


@. II. T0ZER, NJ. D.