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    DR. FEELGOOD

    Sep 25, 2018 4 minutes
    BY PETER CARLSON

    America’s most outrageous quack, Dr. John R. Brinkley, never finished medical school but made millions exploiting his one insight: When it comes to their gonads, men are morons.

    For centuries, men robbed by age of lead in their personal pencils had been buying potions said to jump-start Mister Johnson. In 1917, Brinkley premiered a most audacious aphrodisiac scam—transplanting goat testicles into the scrota of men chasing the vigor of youth. The scheme made Brinkley rich and famous—and damn near got him elected governor of Kansas.

    Born in 1885 in tiny Beta, North Carolina, Brinkley longed for greatness. At 20, he married

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