The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
Tells the story of the infamous Goat Gland Doctor-controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner-and recounts his amazing rags to riches to rags career. A popular joke of the 1920s posed the question, What's the fastest thing on four legs? The punch line? A goat passing Dr. Brinkley's hospital! It seems that John R. Brinkley's virility rejuvenation cure-transplanting goat gonads into aging men-had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that Doc Brinkley's medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. The man bu…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8131-2232-8
- EAN: 9780813122328
- Produktnummer: 9667789
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.2 cm 619 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 619
Über den Autor
R. Alton Lee, the author of several books including Eisenhower and Landrum-Griffin: A Study in Labor-Management Politics, taught history at the University of South Dakota for thirty years.
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