Even though people generally associated doctors and medical care with small, professional offices and clinics, if a man were accepted as “Doctor", he could stand on a wood box at the back of a wagon and persuade people to buy the cure for what ailed them. John also saw that ‘sales’ was path to prosperity, thus, as soon as he was able to go out on his own, John Brinkley would take to the road to perform in such surroundings himself.
