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Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam

Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s.

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  • "Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s."@en
  • "Witness the rise and fall of the greatest medical con man of all time in this enormously entertaining story of how a fraudulent surgeon made a fortune by inserting goats' testes into impotent American men."
  • "The rise and fall of the greatest medical con man of all time.This is the enormously entertaining story of how a fraudulent surgeon made a fortune by inserting goats' testes into impotent American men. "Doctor" John Brinkley became a world renowned authority on sexual rejuvenation in the 1920s, with famous politicians and even royalty asking for his services. His nemesis was Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, but it took him fifteen years to destroy Brinkley in a dramatic courtroom showdown. In the meantime, despite mounting evidence that his quack treatments killed many patients, Brinkley became a millionaire, and his pioneering use of radio not only kick-started country music as a national force in America but also invented the whole concept of radio advertising. He became the first politician to campaign over the airwaves when he ran for governor of Kansas."@en
  • "Journalist Pope Brock presents the story of infamous con-man John R. Brinkley, a quack-doctor who bamboozled consumers with his claim that he could cure impotence through the surgical insertion of goat gonads, and the man (Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Association) determined to shut down the marketing genius, yet obvious charlatan, for good. In 1930, after 43 deaths resulted from his apparent cure, Brock lost his medical and radio licenses, landing in court pinned against Fishbein."
  • "The rise and fall of the greatest medical con man of all time. This is the enormously entertaining story of how a fraudulent surgeon made a fortune by inserting goats' testes into impotent American men. "Doctor" John Brinkley became a world renowned authority on sexual rejuvenation in the 1920s, with famous politicians and even royalty asking for his services. His nemesis was Dr ..."@en

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  • "Charlatan (CD)"
  • "Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam"@en
  • "Charlatan america's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam"
  • "Charlatan America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam"
  • "Charlatan America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam"@en
  • "Charlatan"@en

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