The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (2v.) - Folio Society edition

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (2v.)

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (2v.)
Folio Society
Science & Nature

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (2v.)

Roy Porter
Edition year 2016
Binding Cloth
Volumes 2
Weight 3 Kg
Pages 872 (total)
Dimensions 26 × 18.2 cm

Edition details

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter. (2v). Introduced by Jeremy Farrar. Frontispiece and 24 pages of colour and black & white plates in each volume, 22 integrated black & white chapter-head illustrations. Quarter-bound in pale blue cloth with paper sides, printed with images by Cath Riley. Pale blue slipcase with front image. 872 pages in total. 26x18.2cm

About the book

Roy Porter's The Greatest Benefit to Mankind is a broad history of medicine and humanity's attempts to understand and treat disease. Across two volumes, the work examines ancient medicine, surgery, public health, scientific discoveries and modern medical institutions. Porter also considers the social and ethical consequences of medical progress and changing ideas about illness.

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