Antique TYRRELLS HYGIENIC INST. N.Y. 1903 WOOD MEDICAL BOX W/INSIDE PAPER AD

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WE ARE OFFERING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS GREAT ANTIQUE WOOD MEDICAL BOX...TYRRELLS HYGIENIC INST. NEW YORK...JUNE 1903...BOX SIZE IS 10 1/4" X 5 1/2" X 3 1/2" DEEP.  IMPRINTED ON THE LID IS THE COMPANY LOGO WITH PATENT DATES, TRADEMARK; SIX POINTED STAR INSTIDE DOUBLE CIRCLE AND BUSINESS SLOGAN "JOY BEAUTY LIFE" INTERIOR BOTTOM OF THE BOX HAS THE DIRECTION FOR USE AND CAR OF THE DEVICE FOR "FLUSHING THE COLON"
Charles Alfred Tyrrell (1843 – July 2, 1918) was a promoter of medical devices, most notably an enema appliance, which he called the “J.B.L. Cascade”. "J.B.L." stood for “Joy, Beauty, Life”. He accessorized the product, selling “Rectal Soap” and a fluid, “J. B. L. Antiseptic Tonic”, a patent medicine, to be used with it.
He was also author of tracts promoting the use of his device for colon cleansing as therapy for detoxification pursuant to a theory of auto-intoxication.
Tyrrell's claim that his J. B. L. Cascade device could cure all disease was dismissed by medical experts as quackery.
An investigation by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that Henry M. Guild actually invented the device and patented it in 1903, and assigned his patents to Tyrrell. Tyrrell incorrectly claimed to be the inventor of the device.
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