The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley /

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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, ""Wha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lee, R. Alton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Brinkley, John Richard.
Brinkley, John Richard, > 1885-1942.
Radio broadcasters.
Quacks and quackery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > General.
History, 20th Century > United States > Biography.
Quackery > United States > History.
Famous Persons > United States > Biography.
Radio broadcasters > Mexican-American Border Region > Biography.
Quacks and quackery > Mexican-American Border Region > Biography.
Quacks and quackery > United States > Biography.
United States.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813197425

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