Diploma mill "Hall Of Fame"

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  1. 'Goat gland doctor' memorialized.

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    • Selling aging men on the idea that transplanted goat sex organs would restore virility, and using radio airwaves to spread that message made Dr. John "Doc" R. Brinkley a fortune in the 1920s...

      Brinkley was the son of a doctor and had three years of training at a Chicago medical school but got his degree from a diploma mill ...

      Brinkley said he put slices of the goat sex organs in the patients' testicles, but a surgeon at the University of Glasgow said the slices were placed in the groin, where they were absorbed by the body, Lee said. The goat gland operation was a con job, Lee said, in which 50 older men a week came to his hospital, where Brinkley and his surgeons performed the operations for $750 each. Brinkley made more than $1 million a year from the operations during the Depression, when money was scarce. ...

      Brinkley also offered college courses for credit via the radio, and influenced the forerunner of Kansas State University to begin radio broadcasts, Lee said.
     
  2. bgossett

    bgossett New Member

    The Very Air, a novel by Douglas Bauer, is apparently based on these historical happenings. It's an interesting insight into the world of con-artists and snake-oil salesmen, as appropriate today for its relevance to diploma mill operators.
     
  3. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    These days, they could use modern day improvements and do "psychic" surgery instead. That why the people wouldn't even have to be hospitalized. Thank goodness we live in an age of modern technology.
     
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  5. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    It sure ain't electro homoeopathy, boys.
     
  6. Guest

    Guest Guest

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    When properly applied, this miracle cure will:

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    2) Solve messy academic administrative problems.
    3) Facilitate earning high quality degrees from non-US schools.
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    Hurry, the supply is limited. :D
     
  7. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

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