Book ID: CBB000201878

The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley (2002)

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Lee, R. Alton (Author)


University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 2002
Language: English


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: xvii + 283 pp., illus., bibl., index

Description The biography of a Kansas quack doctor, turned politician and radio entrepreneur, of the mid 20th century.


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Review Helfand, William H. (2004) Review of "The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 142). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Cantor, David
Conforti, Maria
Barros, Juanita de
Eklöf, Motzi
Helfand, William H.
Jütte, Robert
Journals
Social History of Medicine
American Historical Review
Archives of Natural History
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Publishers
Indiana University
Cambridge University Press
New York University
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
European Association for the History of Medicine and Health Publications
Meltemi
Concepts
Quackery
Medicine
Physicians; doctors
Advertising
Medicine and culture
Public understanding of science
People
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Barrett, Stephen
Bernheim, Hippolyte Marie
Brinkley, John Richard
Mesmer, Franz Anton
Whitlaw, Charles
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
United States
Africa
Great Britain
Caribbean
France
Hungary
Institutions
American Medical Association
Rockefeller Foundation
Habsburg, House of
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