Alcinous Burton Jamison

Alcinous Burton Jamison (September 1, 1851 – November 15, 1938) was an American physician, inventor of medical devices, socialite, and occultist.

Early life

Jamison was born at Wooster, Ohio. On his father's side, his earliest ancestor in America arrived before the American Revolution from Scotland.

Education Jamison's family seems to have moved back to Indiana from Ohio, because he received his education at Indiana State Normal School and Fort Wayne (Indiana) College before finally receiving a diploma in 1878 from Fort Wayne College of Medicine. and Jamison appearing in the 1930 New York Social Blue Book.

Career Jamison's first job was as a schoolteacher. Although he graduated from medical school in 1878, he began his practice in 1877 in Portland, IN. In 1878 he practiced in Decatur, IN; in 1882 he moved to Grand Rapids, MI; in 1883 to Detroit, MI; and finally in 1885 to New York City.

Like Tyrrell, Jamison patented, and sold an enema appliance. It was called the "Internal Fountain Bath". Additionally, he was a "compounder of a number of lotions and salves, which, in combination with his other treatment, are used in lieu of the usual surgery."

Jamison was also interested in matters of the occult and spiritualism. His biographical sketch in The Successful American notes that “Dr. Jamison has from time to time contributed valuable articles to the press on the study of Psychic Phenomena.” Jamison appears in Who’s Who in Occultism, New Thought Psychism and Spiritualism, described as a "psychic investigator." (1927)

Death Jamison died 15 Nov 1938 in St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City of arteriosclerotic heart disease.

Other Listed in: Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography. Directory of Homeopathic Physicians in Greater New York and Vicinity The Standard Medical Directory of North America (1902) The Medical Directory of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (Vol. 23)

Works

Books

The Anus and Rectum: Their Physiology, Anatomy and Pathology (1897) Intestinal Ills: Chronic Constipation and Auto-Intoxication due to Proctitis and Colitis (1901) Intestinal Irrigation: Or, Why, How, and When to Flush the Colon (1903, 1914) Man: Whence and Whither (1922) The Making of a Super-Race (1926) Spirit mans Place and Function in Nature (1933)

Articles "How to Become Strong" "Autogenetic Poisons in the Intestinal Canal and their Autoinfection" "Rectal and Ano-Rectal Mucous Sac – Commonly Called External and Internal Piles, or Hemorrhoids" "The Origin and Use of the Enema" "Constipation, the Cause of Many Ills" "The Field and Function of the Psychotherapist"