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Jun 2022
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17 - John Brinkley, the biggest medical ...

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Desiring to become a prominent physician, but unable to afford medical school, John, born in 1885 to born in 1885 to a modest North Carolina family, John decided to buy a degree directly from a degree. With no skills whatsoever, he was now licensed to practice in Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. Arkansas, and Missouri. Obviously, this could only turn into a disaster...

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