Although his credentials to practice medicine were constantly in question, no one can contest his credibility as one of the foremost cult icons of the 20th century. He was a country doctor who, in 1917, stumbled upon the idea of implanting the testicles of a goat into a man to restore virility. |
Bad URLs in your HTML code prevented the banner from loading successfully. You can get this error if you published a banner on your disk and then uploaded the banner files manually, or with your web site editor. Chances are that either your HTML code or banner file (bz.js) still make reference to content that is on your disk. To find out how to resolve this issue, click here If life is a blank canvas, few put as much paint on it as Doctor Brinkley. His business operations spanned several states, which he commuted to personally aboard his private Lockheed Electra airplane. He sailed transatlantic aboard his 170 foot yacht attended to by a staff of 14 so he could attend to celebrity patients in Europe and Asia. Even a relaxing evening at his home would demand a wave to tourists in the four acre park built across the street for their visits. They came to see the sprawling pink mansion and listen to the 1,063 pipe organ that would play nightly to the dancing waters of the General Electric fountains while his staff paraded exotic animals along the fences and movie spotlights danced across the clouds. Cars waited in line for over an hour just to drive by, or by chance, to get a look at the one of the custom built, 16 cylinder limousines carrying the Doctor, Mrs. Brinkley and son Johnny Boy, to or from the estate. |
By 1936, at least 16,000 men are recorded as taking him up on the claim. Sporting 13 and 14 carat single diamonds, tailored white suits and a devilish goatee, Doctor John R. Brinkley daily manned the microphone of his mammoth border radio station XER. By 1936, his was the most powerful radio station in the world with a transmission equivalent to 1 million watts. | |||
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