The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (Norton History of Science) by Roy Porter

Norton History of Science

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (Norton History of Science)

Roy Porter

872 pages 1997

10 editions

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced
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"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 every page."—Oliver Sacks, M.D.Porter's charting ...

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