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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter (Paperback, 1999)
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'Yet another compulsively readable, astonishingly encyclopaedic book from Roy Porter...his best to date: an epic, one-volume narrative history of man's struggle with the infirmities of his body, from Aesculapius to AIDS.' SIMON SCHAMA 'Whether you are interested in the advent of the stethoscope, the history of yellow fever, the bubonic plague or, closer to home, coronary heart disease, the feminist influence on medicine, drug abuse, childbearing or cancer, this book provides the historic background to these and other medical questions... The Greatest Benefit to Mankind is a first-class introduction to medical history. Like a well constructed broadsheet leader, it excites thought and discussion, as well as providing many answers.' THOMAS STUTTAFORD, The Times Medicine advances ever faster, and with it a capacity not just to overcome sickness, but to transform the very nature of life. Starting in antiquity, Roy Porter's titanic history examines the traditions of both East and West to chart how this revolution came about and how life for human beings in some parts of the world has ceased to be 'nasty, brutish and short'. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind becomes from the moment of publication the standard work on its subject. It is also a magnificent entertainment and a delight to read.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780006374541
eBay Product ID (ePID)87666828
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Number of Pages848 Pages
Publication NameThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: a Medical History of Humanity
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorRoy Porter
FormatPaperback
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Item Height234 mm
Item Weight950 g
Item Width153 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRoy Porter
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- 01 Feb, 2017
Heavyweight with light features
Porter's book is one of the cornerstones of the history of medicine. It is a massive work of life to dissect this enormous whale that medicine is. However, Porter does not paint a straightforward march of victory, on the contrary, he makes the reader very aware of the throwbacks and dark side of the intersections of diseases, colonization, class division and health. As it was published in 1998 he could not account for pluripotent stem cell research, chimeras and hybrids, animal-human transplants that will reshape the way we think about ourselves as humans but the seeds were there and given the delineated history of medical misconduct, we are facing heavy fights for our health. Very rich and very heavy. Recommended.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
