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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind:

A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
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FontanaPress, 1999 - Medical - 833 pages

A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.

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Review: The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity

User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

"To combine enormous knowledge with a delightful style and a highly idiosyncratic point of view is Roy Porter's special gift, and it makes [this] book . . . alive and fascinating and provocative on ... Read full review

Review: The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity

User Review  - Ed - Goodreads

An extraordinary book by an engaging author who left us too soon. The most readable and best single volume history of medicine and health care written within the last 50 years. Read full review

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About the author (1999)

Roy Porter is Professor of the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. He is the editor of the Fontana History of Science series, and the author of over sixty-five books, including the acclaimed bestseller ‘London: A Social History’. His book on the history of madness in England, ‘Mind Forg’d Manacles’, won the Leo Gershoy Prize.

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