Author Bibliography (in progress)
Jackson, James Caleb (1811-1895)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
James Caleb Jackson was born 28 March 1811 in Manlius, New York. He was a nutritionist and active member of the "water cure" movement; the hydrotherapy spa in Danville New York that he ran with Harriet Newall Austin from 1858 became one of the largest and best known in the world. Tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco wwre prohibited along with meat. Jackson promoted a diet based on vegetables, fruit, and unprocessed grains and, in 1863, he developed "Granula": the first dry breakfast cereal. Jackson was an Abolitionist and owner of abolition newspaper Albany Patriot, a Temperance and dress reform advocate, and a supporter of women’s rights; he connected most of these issues through Christianity: the duty to make the body and mind as healthy as possible as a reflection of the divine. Jackson writes about meat as a stimulating product akin to tea, coffee, and condiments; he argues that meat eating, especially if a portion of meat is tainted (which the individual consumer cannot determine), can lead to problems in the blood and nervous system. He died in Dansville on 11 July 11 1895.
James C. Jackson is not to be confused with James Jackson (1777-1867), who was also a doctor.
PUBLICATIONS
Consumption: How to Prevent It, and How to Cure It. Boston: B.L. Emerson, 1862.
The Debilities of Our Boys and The Early Decay of Our Young Men. Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., 1872.
The Duties and Dignities of American Freemen. Boston, New England Anti-Slavery Tract Association, 1843.
https://archive.org/details/dutiesdignitieso00jack
The Gluttony Plague: or, How Persons Kill Themselves by Eating. Dansville, N.Y. : Austin Jackson & Co., 1868.
Hints on the Reproductive Organs: Their Diseases, Causes, and Cure on Hydropathic Principles. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1852.
How to Cure Drunkards. Dansville, N.Y. : Austin, Jackson & Co., 1868.
How to Nurse the Sick. Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., 1868.
The Philosophy of Drunkenness and its Cure. Dansville, NY: n.pub., 1860.
https://archive.org/details/101190013.nlm.nih.gov
How to Treat the Sick Without Medicine. Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., 1871.
“[Letter to] My dear Garrison [manuscript].” Petersboro, NY, 1841.
https://archive.org/details/lettertomydearga00jack
Piles, and Their Treatment. Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., 1868.
The Sexual Organism, and Its Healthful Management. Boston: Leverett Emerson, 1862.
The Training of Children. Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., 1872.
Tobacco and Its Effect upon the Health and Character of Those Who Use It. 1879; Dansville, NY: F. W. Hurd & Co., 1866.
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