The Cambridge history of medicine / edited by Roy Porter.

Other author Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
Format Book
Edition[Rev. ed.].
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionvi, 408 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Subjects

Portion of title History of medicine
Contents The history of disease / Kenneth F. Kiple -- The rise of medicine / Vivian Nutton -- What is disease? / Roy Porter -- Primary care / Edward Shorter -- Medical science / Roy Porter -- Hospitals and surgery / Roy Porter -- Drug treatment and the rise of pharmacology / Miles Weatherall -- Mental illness / Roy Porter -- Medicine, society, and the state / John Pickstone -- Looking to the future (1996) / Geoff Watts -- Addendum: Looking to the future revisited / Geoff Watts.
General noteRev. ed. of : The Cambridge illustrated history of medicine / edited by Roy Porter.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 369-382) and indexes.
Other title Cambridge illustrated history of medicine.
ISBN0521864267 :
ISBN9780521864268

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