The Greatest Benefit To Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity by Roy Porter

Norton History of Science

The Greatest Benefit To Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity

Roy Porter

831 pages hardcover 1997

10 editions

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced
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In a rare blend of erudition and entertainment, Roy Porter charts the revolutionary history of medicine, our most beneficial science. Throughout history medicine has advanced ever faster, and with it a capacity not just to overcome sickness, but t...

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