John R. Brinkley
American fraudulent physician (1885-1942) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 56
John Romulus Brinkley was an American quack doctor, broadcaster, marketer and independent politician. He had no accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a diploma mill.
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Operating room at the Brinkley Hospital, Milford
1920 newspaper item highlighting "Billy", the "First Goat-Gland Baby"![1930 gubernatorial campaign advertisement, published in the Belleville Telescope. Touting Brinkley's military service during World War I and decrying the loss of his medical license, it instructs voters explicitly how to vote for the write-in candidate.[42]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Instructions_for_voting_for_J_R_Brinkley_1930_write-in_campaign_for_governor_of_Kansas.jpg/500px-Instructions_for_voting_for_J_R_Brinkley_1930_write-in_campaign_for_governor_of_Kansas.jpg)
1930 gubernatorial campaign advertisement, published in the Belleville Telescope. Touting Brinkley's military service during World War I and decrying the loss of his medical license, it instructs voters explicitly how to vote for the write-in candidate.[42]
Grave of John R. Brinkley in 2011About this person
Brinkley became known as the "goat-gland doctor" after he achieved national fame, international notoriety, and wealth through the xenotransplantation of goat testicles into humans. Although Brinkley initially promoted this procedure as a means of curing male impotence, he later claimed that the technique was a virtual panacea for a wide range of male ailments. Brinkley operated clinics and hospitals in several states and was able to continue practicing medicine for almost two decades, despite his techniques being thoroughly discredited by the broader medical community.
