The Goat-Gland Transplantation as Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women
primary document · 1921
SUMMARY
Period promotional pamphlet compiled by Sydney Blanshard Flower, Brinkley's publicist, presenting the goat-gland operation to the public. Its title states the period promotional figure of over 600 operations upon men and women and places the practice at Milford, Kansas. This is a marketing document, not clinical evidence: it presents favorable testimony and Brinkley's own framing of the procedure without controlled outcomes, follow-up, or independent verification. Used here as a primary record of how the operation was sold and as the source for the period promotional operation count and the Milford base. Discovery via Exa; the archived record was read directly to copy the title, author, publisher, and year.
NOTES
Flower’s pamphlet is the period primary source for the marketing of the goat-gland operation at the height of its early publicity. It is valuable as evidence of how Brinkley and his publicist presented the procedure to prospective patients, and it is not evidence of efficacy: the operation counts and testimonials it reports are promotional and uncontrolled.