Blood And Guts: A Short History Of Medicine Paperback English by Roy Porter - 39259
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| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141010649 |
| ISBN 10 | 141010649 |
| Book Subtitle | A Short History Of Medicine |
| Book Description | Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. Each chapter sums up one of these battlefields (surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body) in a way that is both frightening and elating. Startlingly illustrated, A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE is the ideal presentfor anyone who is keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. It is also a wonderful memorial to one of Penguin's greatest historians. |
| Editorial Review | Nobody will be able to put down this short history of medicine... without counting their blessings. Never have I read a book which made me so glad not to have been born before the mid-20th century.' Daily Mail |
| About the Author | Roy Porter was until his retirement Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. He last book ENLIGHTENMENT won a 2001 Wolfson Prize. Roy Porter died March 3rd 2002. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Roy Porter |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 39259 |
| Number of Pages | 224 |
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