A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.
Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the world, human existence has simply ceased to be 'nasty, brutish and short'. In this titanic history of medicine and disease, Roy Porter examines the traditions of East and West to chart how this revolution has come about.
Covering medical milestones big and small - from dissection to surgery and from anaesthesia to AIDS - Roy Porter's masterpiece is both a superlative history of medicine and a sweeping survey of human life and death.
| ISBN: | 9780006374541 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 1999 |
| Author: | Roy Porter |
| Publisher: | Fontana Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 848 pages |
| Genres: |
History of medicine History: plagues, diseases, famines Biography: science, technology and medicine Medical research Medical sociology Medical profession History of science Medical study and revision guides and reference material |
A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.
Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the world, human existence has simply ceased to be 'nasty, brutish and short'. In this titanic history of medicine and disease, Roy Porter examines the traditions of East and West to chart how this revolution has come about.
Covering medical milestones big and small - from dissection to surgery and from anaesthesia to AIDS - Roy Porter's masterpiece is both a superlative history of medicine and a sweeping survey of human life and death.
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind features in the following genres: History of medicine, History: plagues, diseases, famines, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Medical research, Medical sociology, Medical profession, History of science, Medical study and revision guides and reference material
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind is available in Paperback
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind was written by Roy Porter and published by Fontana Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind has 848 pages