Year: 1859




There are no maadies 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
ease merely it affects life and hedLtb and ef
forts directed not to the reformation of mans vi
cous propenses, but to the mitigation of his bodily
suiierugs 1t is in this abstract sense we write OF
VeReredI AfectiOnS. 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 viii necessarily be limited to
those subjects that most agreeable to his tastes.
To become enlighed practitioner, it is essential
that he should be liberal and ardent one; and afec
tons in ,3s- nature repusve to delicate sensibites,
be regarded in no 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 it only labor
dsagreeable one. In any form, disease is unpleasant
to look upon. The sick chamber affords pleasant
sights. The physician is made the witness both of
physical pain and moral intrmity, Struck NY dis
ease, the attractive parts of mans nat.re clouded
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 fol-
ly selfndugence, the qualification Of appettes, the
eXhaustng toll of avarice the feversh ebors for hu-
man applause all produce their baneful effects upon
the Constitution. But to the medical attendant, the
moral aspects not to have any influence upon his
skill or his cares.


At the best human nature is but weak. This is the
first truth for medical man TO learn; and in what
way this weakness is exhibited the philanhropc
heart will feel that it is pleasure as well as duty,
to relieve bodily nrmities, whenever and however
they appear. This is the higher and nobler view of
medical science 1t devoes itself to 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 dsagreeable But he is reward
ed by the lofty satisfaction of feeling that althor 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 with She


OF all the affections that allict man, there is no
one more terrible in its consequences than SYPHILIS
Dreadful it is to the person who FIST contracts it,
frghtful frequently are its ravages in his constitu-
tion 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 hideOusy manifested
to the eye covered with blotches and sores with
wrinkled faces, having the appearance of old aga
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 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, as far as practicable to
Eradicate SYphjJjS from the World Would it not
that disease prevalent and direful, ought
to excite the deepest interest among the medical men
both respects its true pathology and its treatments
What excuse he offer for his deficiency, who caus
himself n surgeon, and yet does not recognize
the disease when he it, and ignorant of the best
Of checking il and preventing any future evil
consequences Is it enough for him TO say to the i'm
aginaton the disease is loathsom one that ii is
disreputabe one to have, and disgusting one TO
treat? Such an excuse may, probably satisfy him
who has no better, but 1t will not satisfy scieLc nor
philanthropy.


Whoever undertakes the medic Il profession with q
true spirit will 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 smattering knowledge of what
he is bound to understand we'll He feels resting upon
him double obgation-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 attainments and skill. There some practiton-
ers, indeed there many l0h0 ignorant 0tUen-
eredt diseases because they fancy it is not respecta
bic to treat them.Of all such persons it may be
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 respectdbiJity Of
diseases. All maladies 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.


G. II. TOZER, NJ D.