The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
A panoramic, illustrated history explores the development of medicine against the backdrop of the religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of each age, and unearths a treasure trove of medicinal oddities.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780393046342
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- History of medicineScience and societyPublic health
Awards
Other awarded books from Roy Porter
- Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
- The Bible as It Was
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