The Man Who Conquered Aging - John Brinkley

Dr. John Brinkley made bold claims about his ability to cure other diseases like blindness in the very near future. One night, he got wasted and destroyed his neighbor's car with an axe for unclear but certainly awesome reasons. Another time, he got plowed and chased a bunch of his own patients out of his hospital with a butcher knife. The huge amount of money he brought in helped. And by the early 20s, he was performing 50 operations a month which meant his clinic was bringing in $500,000 a year in 1920s money.