The Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy Porter

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy Porter

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Summary

Medicine advances ever faster, and with it not just a capacity to overcome sickness, but to transform the very nature of life. Starting in ancient antiquity, this text charts how this health revolution came about and how life for human beings in the West has ceased to be "nasty, brutish and short".

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy Porter

Medicine advances ever faster, and with it not just a capacity to overcome sickness, but to transform the very nature of life. Starting in ancient antiquity, this text charts how this health revolution came about and how life for human beings in the West has ceased to be nasty, brutish and short.

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ISBN 13 9780002151733
ISBN 10 0002151731
Title The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
Author Roy Porter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1997-11-17
Number of pages 700
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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