The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the present. Roy Porter

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the present



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Publisher: Fontana Press
Language: English
Page: 848
ISBN: 0006374549, 9780006374541

Samuel Johnson once called the medical profession "the greatest benefit to mankind." In the 20th century, the quality of that benefit has improved more and more rapidly than at any other comparable time in history. With all the capabilities of modern medicine's practicioners, however, we as a people are as worried about our health as ever.

want to know). Porter is straightforward about his deliberate focus on Western medical traditions, citing their predominant influence on global medicine, and with The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, he has produced a volume worthy of that tradition's legacy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Porter examines what healers have done and the impact of their ideas and actions. His focus is on Western medicine "because Western medicine has developed in ways which made it uniquely powerful and...uniquely global." (LJ 2/15/98)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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