| Descript |
1 online resource (xvii, 283 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index. |
| Contents |
Humble origins -- Tannenberg goats -- Radio advertising -- Beset by enemies -- Brinkleyism -- Hands across the border -- The old cocklebur -- Decline and fall -- Postscript -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
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 prescribe. |
| Note |
English. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.
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Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942. (OCoLC)fst00135076 |
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Brinkley, John Richard. |
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Quacks and quackery -- United States -- Biography.
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Quacks and quackery -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography.
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Radio broadcasters -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Biography.
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Famous Persons -- United States -- Biography.
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Quackery -- United States -- History.
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History, 20th Century -- United States -- Biography.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- General. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. |
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Quacks and quackery. (OCoLC)fst01084852 |
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Radio broadcasters. (OCoLC)fst01087222 |
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North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. (OCoLC)fst01239966 |
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
| ISBN |
0813170370 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813170374 (electronic bk.) |
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0813158656 |
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9780813158655 |
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0813122325 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780813122328 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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