Was there a doctor: how the "goat surgeon" fulfilled the American dream (8 photos)

In pursuit of fame, recognition and big money, some do not shy away from using dishonest tricks. All of a sudden, they don't know? But they learned.





However, everything started very positively and promisingly. John Romulus Brinkley was born in the small village of Beta (Northern Carolina) in 1885. The boy's childhood years cannot be called joyful. He lost his parents early. And the only entertainment in my aunt's house who became Johnny's guardian, was watching the exploits of the tribal goat relative, who was a real sexual giant. However, Aunt did not allow such a nephew, kept him in strictness. And that's why relations with the girls from the grown-up John did not develop.



John Romulus Brinkley

Woman dies when Brinkley was 23 years old a man. He quickly married in order to make up for lost time, left unloved job and went to the money he inherited travel, hoping to find your place and make it a reality the famous American Dream.

With his wife, Sally, they got along well at first. But a woman tired of constant traveling and the lack of a stable spouse work. Despite three daughters and 6 years of marriage, the couple divorced.



However, John did not suffer much. After all, in his life appeared new friend. A man of the brightest soul. And creative. No wonder James Crawford time rewinded for armed robbery. Apparently this was just the case. two fishermen. And the friends decided to organize a joint business - medical practice based on the use of electrical impulses. Moreover, electricity just developed and acted as a symbol progress.

The couple gave a provocative advertisement in the newspaper, urging men to check if their male power is as strong as they think? Residents of Greenville, where the charlatans settled, fell for advertising. AND soon a trickle of visitors flowed into the clinic of friends. Which put injection and gave assurances that the questionable liquid would return and increase potency.

When parted with 25 dollars in exchange for a syringe with with distilled water, citizens began to realize that they had been cheated, a couple ran away. The paths of the partners diverged. And Brinkley quickly got a new wife. Minnie was the daughter of a respected doctor in the area. And the father-in-law had to fork out to help out the son-in-law, who was nevertheless taken for fraud.

The genius of medicine



Vegetating in a cell, John realized that the idea of a business, in principle, true. You just need to change the way you implement it. Painfully unsightly this water appeared. We need heavy artillery here. Then father-in-law told John about the Russian surgeon Sergei Voronov, who rejuvenation by grafting monkey testicle tissue into humans.

"That's an idea!" Johnny thought. And then there's more tricks aunt's goat was remembered. Yes, this is a goldmine. On the occasion of Brinkley bought a doctoral degree for only $ 500 and began to implement intent.



The first client is farmer Stittworth, who agreed to goat testicular transplant, became a live advertisement for "Dr." Brinkley's clinic. After all, he shone and told everyone that now everything is about-hoo, and even better than in youth.

The people tumbled down not as a stream, but as a stormy river. Operations made a cheerful family contract - John, Minnie and their friend Dwayne. The only real doctor at the hospital in Milford was a brother-in-law who assisted in operations.



The operation cost a lot, as much as 750 dollars. But at the same time There was no end to those who wanted to. The transplant really helped some, about which they were happy to tell. And those who were not lucky were kept quiet. Because a cunning swindler used a trick in advertising, stating that success is directly related to the intelligence of the patient. Yeah, you can't say they’ll laugh at you, they say, you’re so stupid that even goat’s eggs don’t take root.

Then John also bought his own radio station to advertise himself again.



But no matter how the rope twists ... By the age of 40, a poor village the orphan became a millionaire, the owner of a personal plane, yacht and several expensive cars. Apparently, luck decided that good enough. On ersatz colleague ganged up on other doctors, whowho got the money much more difficult and not in those volumes. Brinkley's license was revoked. Then lawsuits from disgruntled patients followed. John has declared bankruptcy. IN in an attempt to preserve his freedom put forward his candidacy for governor Kansas.



But the fame of the "goat" has already spread. And in political For obvious reasons, they did not let him in the "garden", recognizing most of the ballots incorrectly designed. The second attempt also failed. IN As a result, the heart of the "goat doctor" could not stand all these tests and turmoil. And in 1942 he died of a heart attack at the age of 56.