Year: 1859




There are no malades to which the human family is
liable Of deeper impOytdRce 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
ease merely as it affects Ite and heatth and our eff
forts are directed not to the reformation Of mans Vi
cous propensities, but to the mitigation OF his bodily
sullerings. 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeaeyedI Afecti0HS And it is in this sense that the
Doctor should address himself to their study II his
feelings allowed to influence his professional pur-
SUITS his qualifications will necessarily be limited TO
those subjects that are most agreeable to his tastes.
To become enghted practitioner, 1t is as essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and a1ec-
tions, in ai~ nature repulsve to delicate sensibes,
be regarded In no other light than morbid phenO-
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
dsagreeable 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 intirmity, Struck ny dis
ease the attractive parts Of mans natre are couded
over; his pride is humbled his intellect ie disturbed
his whole character, in word is transformed. Too
often alas is sickness the consequence of his own fol-
y; sefindulgence the grathcatiOn OF appettes, the
exhausng toll of avarce. the feversh ebors for hu
applause, all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution. But TO the medical attendant, the
moral aspects are 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 phlanthropc





to relieve bodily inrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devotes itsefto the mitigation of
pau, the abatement of disease the restoration to
health. In doing this its minister must be the spec
tator Of much that is dsagreeabe. But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that althorgh
personal comfort is sacrificed and sympathy is often
painfully excited yet it is through such road that
Bentvoence has the widest scope, and meets with She
rich st return for its labors.


or all the affections that aGlict man, there is no



Dreadful it is to the person who first contracts it,,
frghtful frequently are its ravages in his cOnsu
ton, ending occasionally IN destruction yet it is a
disease of deeper interest and more to be lamented
when transmitted to offspring. Children often come
into the world with the disease hideously manifested
to the eve covered with blotches and with
wrnkled faces, having the appearance of old age; /;
and it is probable that every particle Of the living
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.


SCRoFULi, 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
Eradicate Syphilis from the World Would it not
seem that disease so prevalent and direful, ought
TO excite the Ieepest interest among the medical men,
both as respects its true pathology and its treatment?
What excuse 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
means OF checking it and preventing any future evil
Is it enough for him to say to the i'm
agnation the disease is loathsOm one that 1t Is
disreputable one to have, and disgusting to
treat? Such excuse may, probably, satisfy him
who has BETTER but 1t will not satisfy scieLce nor



Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with
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 to understand we'll lie feels resting upon
him double obgation-one, the duty he TO the
public, TO whom he announces that he is a qualified
member Of noble profession; the other, the duty he
owes to himself, to make and maintain reputation
for attainments and skill. There are some practtion-
ers, indeed there are many, lC0 are ignorant 0fUea
ereH diseases because they fancy it is not respeca
bic to treat tn hem.-Of all such persons it may be as
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 reSpectd6HHy Of
diseases. All maadies alike fit subjects for his
care and re1ecton and the only distinction that he
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
as beneath or unworthy his notice.


Q II. TOZER, NJ. D.