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| Affiliation | Independent |
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| Name | John R. Brinkley |
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Milford, Kansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 08, 1885
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| Died | May 26, 1942
(56 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Sep 09, 2023 12:40pm |
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| Info | John R. Brinkley was born July 8, 1885, the only son of country physician John Richard Brinkley and his wife, Candace. An orphan by the age of ten, he was reared by an aunt and had a rather haphazard elementary school education.
After a rather nomadic life as a railroad telegrapher he attended Eclectic Medical College, but never graduated. He was however, able to practice in Arkansas with an undergraduate license and managed to acquire several fraudulent (or questionable) diplomas.
Making use of the reciprocal agreements between states Brinkley settled in Milford, Kansas. There in 1917 he began to transplant the gonads of goats into his aging customers with the promise of sexual rejuvenation.
This financially successful venture allowed him to build and operate one of the first radio stations in Kansas, KFKB (Kansas' First, Kansas' Best). Interspersed with the entertainment programs were ads for Brinkley's secret remedies.
When opposition from the organized medical community resulted in revocation of his radio and medical license he turned to politics. Conducting a vigorous write in campaign for governor in 1930, Brinkley garnered nearly thirty percent of the vote. After two subsequent unsuccessful attempts for the office, he shifted his headquarters of operation to Del Rio, Texas, and built what would become radio station XERA in Villa Acuna, Coahaila. He shifted his speciality from gland implants to the prostate gland.
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