The Brinkley operation / by J.R. Brinkley.

  • John R. Brinkley
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: The Brinkley operation / by J.R. Brinkley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by way of comment later of such diseases as Dementia Praecox, Locomotor Ataxia, Impot¬ ence, etc. I desire to make another seemingly radical statement at this time. It is that All Diseases Are Curable. When the medical profession says that such and such a disease is incurable it stamps us as either brainless or lazy. Instead of denouncing the man or men who discover the means of curing the so-called incurable diseases we might with greater benefit to humanity apply our time seeking intelligently for cures. If we did so with energy, and right “team-work,” I doubt if there would remain any such thing as “an incurable disease.” We are fortunate that each century furnishes us with a few “Moses” who are able to lead us out of the wilderness of darkness and bigotry. Probably more genuine discoveries will be made during this century than in any preceding one of which a record remains to us, though this is by no means to say that races who have left no trace behind them for us to decipher, might not quite possibly have far out-distanced us in medical and surgical knowl¬ edge. In closing this brief resume of my work it is proper to say that I have used the glands of the Toggenberg goat exclusively in the fifteen hun¬ dred successful transplantations already made. I have also transplanted human glands and monkey glands. I prefer goat-glands for rea¬ sons which will be made clear. During the past year I have been at some trouble to prepare, and have shipped to all parts of the world, a Goat-
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