DR JR Brinkley - Goat Paperweight - Quack Doctor

Description: Dr. J.R. Brinkley is one of America's -- if not the world's -- most famous quack doctors. Collectors often search for one of the paperweights he gave away during his failed Kansas gubernatorial race, often selling for more than $350 apiece, in poor condition! I have partnered with another collector, and am thrilled to offer a beautifully finished, 3d printed (PLA), 1:3 replica of the original paperweight. This particular item has been scanned with an Einscan ProHD industrial scanner, printed, and finished with a silver-leaf wax and enamel. This print is approximately 350% the scale of the original, so no detail is lost! If you're looking for "the real thing" -- this is as close as you can get without spending an arm and a leg. I build theatrical props for a living and have partnered with a number of museums to create scans and "backup copies" of priceless items in collections. Scanning, printing, and finishing take time, and I do it all by hand! States "replica" on the base, out of sight. ----- John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American quack. He had no properly accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a "diploma mill". Brinkley became known as the "goat-gland doctor"[2] after he achieved national fame, international notoriety and great wealth through the xenotransplantation of goat testicles into humans. Although initially Brinkley promoted this procedure as a means of curing male impotence, he later claimed that the technique was a virtual panacea for a wide range of male ailments. Brinkley operated clinics and hospitals in several states and was able to continue practicing medicine for almost two decades despite his techniques being thoroughly discredited by the broader medical community. He was also, almost by accident, an advertising and radio pioneer who began the era of Mexican border blaster radio.[3][4] Although he was stripped of his license to practice medicine in Kansas and several other states, Brinkley, a demagogue beloved by hundreds of thousands of people in Kansas and elsewhere, nevertheless launched two campaigns for Kansas governor, one of which was nearly successful. Brinkley's rise to fame and fortune was as quick as his eventual fall was precipitous. At the height of his career he had amassed millions of dollars, but he died nearly penniless as a result of the large number of malpractice, wrongful death and fraud suits brought against him.[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley

Price: 150 USD

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-11-22T20:15:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD