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August 12, 2024 170 mins

Sources
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bizarre_Careers_of_John_R_Brinkley/jtXC7M45WZkC?hl=en&gbpv=1
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29362/29362-h/29362-h.htm#chap_IX
Charlatan America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock
https://texasarchive.org/2017_02504
https://youtu.be/fFoXyFmmGBQ

John R Brinkley sold the world a cure and boy did he sell! Known as the 'Goat Gland Doctor' he perfected 'The Procedure' which involved surgically attaching... well, you just listen for yourself.

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Talking Points: Besties in Tomodachi Life,Viziepop Colonel Sanders,uncle dad,its a mess,What did McKinkley do again,horsetime,R.M. GRASTY,Tad cannot pronounce telegraph or telegraphy,pronunciation scientist,1800s tsundere,medicine show,Not-fake-U,4 hours,preaching to the homefolks,5 character classes of medicine,and thats a good thing actually,guilded profession not gilded but tbh with how much money you made it might as well be gilded haha whats up guys we're having fun here,it was a different time,I was JUST about to call you,Dr. Burke and Dr. Burke,specializations,quacking crazy,had a canary,flat tire,dust bowl,"I've got it! The Rejuvenation of man!",WIFE!,goat ball bolas,THE PROCEDURE,batting average,Billy the Homonculus,human weight,pocket chloroform,onanism(look it up!),human go-go juice,impervious,rich enough for gorilla 'biscuits',you could just DO that back then,Diploma Mill,Brinkley acquired a bear for children to enjoy,bootlegging,was it mr smiles or mr happy you decide,quote: like a cowboy,KFKB,cheeky sausage and milkybar combo,medical question box,dr patton and his patent pending products,Brinkley Pharmacy Association,Johnny Boy,sack o dimes,Lindbergh baby,ballyhoo,Amateur Meatcutter Association,The Three Trials,KFKB and XER,hotdog radio,little imp,AMMUNITION WAGON#2,William Allen White and the Cuh-Lan,takes the loss on the chin,South Park Documentary series,Organized Moron Minority,solid gold Cadillac,the babbler in my walls,an autographed picture of Jesus at the last supper,XERA Its a good deal!,stinky bad person,Mr. Geast (thats Mr. Beast:tm) but with a goat,EYEPATCH LAWYER and glazin it up.

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