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Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942

 Person

Found in 2 Records:

Miscellaneous publications concerning Dr. John R. Brinkley

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P653
Overview

Photocopies of miscellaneous publications produced by or published about Dr. John R. Brinkley, who established a medical practice at Milford, Kansas in 1917 and amassed a fortune by performing implantations of goat glands in male patients as a means of restoring male fertility and virility.

Dates: 1920 - 1939

Photocopy of Federal Trade Commission report regarding Power and Gas investigation

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P383
Overview Photocopy of a Power and Gas Investigation report concerning Dr. John R. Brinkley's attempt to establish a telephone line from Milford, Kan. across the Mexican border so he could continue radio broadcasting. The report, by A.M. McDermott, contains a photocopy of a sample contract between Brinkley and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for construction of the line.Original report located in the records of the Federal Trade Commission (RG122. Power and Gas Investigation....
Dates: 1934

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Quacks and quackery -- Kansas 1