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Chronicles the history of medicine, including the role of doctors, various attempts at controlling disease, and the progress of hospitals.
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"For insatiable appetites, Porter wrote "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind. For the rest of us, there's this little gem."
A short, brilliant survey of medicine-its blood and guts-from antiquity to today. -- Deborah Love
In reading Blood and Guts, and then going back to The Greatest History of Mankind, I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland
For insatiable appetites, Porter wrote The Greatest Benefit to Mankind. For the rest of us, there's this little gem. --Bill Eichenberger
In reading "Blood and Guts", and then going back to "The Greatest History of Mankind", I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland"
In reading "Blood and Guts," and then going back to "The Greatest History of Mankind," I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland"
For insatiable appetites, Porter wrote "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind." For the rest of us, there's this little gem. --Bill Eichenberger"
A delightful and informative introduction to an important subject by one of the outstanding scholars of his generation.--Gerald N. Grob, Ph.D.
A short, brilliant survey of medicine its blood and guts from antiquity to today.--Deborah Love"
An informative introduction to an important subject by one of the outstanding scholars of his generation.
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A short, brilliant survey of medicine-its blood and guts-from antiquity to today. -- Deborah Love
In reading Blood and Guts, and then going back to The Greatest History of Mankind, I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland
For insatiable appetites, Porter wrote The Greatest Benefit to Mankind. For the rest of us, there's this little gem. --Bill Eichenberger
In reading "Blood and Guts", and then going back to "The Greatest History of Mankind", I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland"
In reading "Blood and Guts," and then going back to "The Greatest History of Mankind," I realize that these two books together introduce a novel perspective on the uses of history, one that is as uniquely contemporary as it is essential. --Sherwin B. Nuland"
For insatiable appetites, Porter wrote "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind." For the rest of us, there's this little gem. --Bill Eichenberger"
A delightful and informative introduction to an important subject by one of the outstanding scholars of his generation.--Gerald N. Grob, Ph.D.
A short, brilliant survey of medicine its blood and guts from antiquity to today.--Deborah Love"
An informative introduction to an important subject by one of the outstanding scholars of his generation.
Roy Porter (1946--2002) was professor of the history of medicine at University College, London. His books include Blood and Guts, The Creation of the Modern World, Flesh in the Age of Reason, and The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
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