In any case, although he dropped out of the Bennett Electric Medical College, Brinkley did not abandon what he had learned there, nor his plan to take his place among the nation’s most influential names in the field of medical healers. In fact, he sought a fast track. He headed from Chicago to Knoxville, Tennessee and a reunion with his original mentor, Dr. Burke of medicine show fame. Here, John obtained a crash course on the finer points of attracting willing and paying customers, more practical knowledge than his time spent in the legitimate school for would be Electro Medical Physicians.
