from bnbooklady

Chronicling the almost unbelievable game of cat-and-mouse between John R. Brinkley, a "doctor" who settled in Milford, Kansas and made a fortune performing sham surgeries-implanting goat testicles into men and women with the claim it would make the younger, healthier, and more virile-and Morris F...

from LynnB

Pope Brock has written a well-researched and very entertaining book about Dr. J. R. Brinkley, a fraudster who made millions promoting miracle cures. The most frightening and profitable of his ventures was curing impotency and ageing by implanting goat testicles into men. The book looks at Brinkle...

from bcquinnsmom

I have to confess that prior to reading this book I'd never heard of Dr. Brinkley, the goat-gland doctor. If you want a book that is interesting, and tells a bizarre story, this is it. I couldn't put this one down. Brock's book focuses on one John R. Brinkley, who made a name for himself by promi...

from dr.rentfro

I heard about this book in December 2009 on NPR while driving back to Chicago from Missouri. The book reviewer was interviewing Pope Brock. As soon as I got home I ordered it from Amazon. Excellent book. My shock and disbelief in what the medical "professionals" did at the time kept me reading. A...

from debs4jc

Dr. Brinkley, the "goat gland" doctor and Dr. Feinstein, the man who brought him to his downfall are featured in this look into a fascinating time in the history of Medicine and popular opinion. It is shocking as a modern "enlightned" reader to learn about the outlandish treatments Dr. Brinkley e...