The Cambridge history of medicine / edited by Roy Porter.

Date:
2006
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical description

vi, 408 pages : map ; 21 cm

Edition

Rev. ed.

Notes

Rev. ed. of : The Cambridge illustrated history of medicine / edited by Roy Porter.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-382) and indexes.

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Where to find it

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    History of Medicine
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  • Copy 2

    LocationStatus
    Student Collection
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  • Copy 12

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    Closed stores
    /CAM
  • Copy 1

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    Closed stores
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ISBN

  • 0521864267
  • 9780521864268
  • 0521682894
  • 9780521682893