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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity

By: Roy Porter
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN: 0006374549
ISBN-13: 9780006374541
Released: 01 Feb 1999
RRP: £19.99
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Dual purpose book well written interesting read for anyone. - By: , 14 Jul 2004
I have had this book since it was first published & it has been worth it's weight (considerable) in gold. I was nursing at the time so obviously had an interest in the medical side. However, this is an excellant history book & of interest to those who like to find out odd facts or the roots of colloquialisms.
It is so interesting it hooks you into actuallly reading alll of it. I have, so has my daughter & my best friend (also a nurse).
However, it is factuallly correct & written well enough to be deemed a suitable source for academic studies. So after reading it for pleasure I found it was a recommended course book for a module in my Health & Social Policy degree. My friend has also delved into it again for her Nursing Studies degree.
This is a book that you keep & visit now & again, not like other academic texts that you cannot wait to sell on the Marketplace.
A great all round history of medicine - By: , 21 Nov 2000
This book balances the social history with the anecdotes that bring the history of medicine alive It's incredibly dense & stands a lot of rereading an excellent history of medicine with fascinating looks at some often neglected areas such as Jewish & Arabic medicine of the Middle Ages