John R. Brinkley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John R. Brinkley

American physician

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1885

Place of Birth: Jackson County, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 26-May-1942

Profession: physician, politician, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About John R. Brinkley

  • John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American who fraudulently claimed to be a medical doctor (he had no legitimate medical education and bought his medical degree from a "diploma mill") who became known as the "goat-gland doctor" after he achieved national fame, international notoriety and great wealth through the xenotransplantation of goat testicles into humans.
  • Although initially Brinkley promoted this procedure as a means of curing male impotence, eventually he claimed that the technique was a virtual panacea for a wide range of male ailments.
  • He operated clinics and hospitals in several states, and despite the fact that almost from the beginning, detractors and critics in the medical community thoroughly discredited his methods, he was able to continue his activities for almost two decades. He was also, almost by accident, an advertising and radio pioneer who began the era of Mexican border blaster radio.Although he was stripped of his license to practice medicine in Kansas and several other states, Brinkley, a demagogue beloved by hundreds of thousands of people in Kansas and elsewhere, nevertheless launched two campaigns for Kansas governor, one of which was nearly successful.
  • Brinkley's rise to fame and fortune was as quick as his eventual fall was precipitous.
  • At the height of his career he had amassed millions of dollars, but he died nearly penniless as a result of the large number of malpractice, wrongful death and fraud suits brought against him.

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