The Greatest Benefit To Mankind
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 times, thi... »

Madmen
A Social History of Mad-houses, Mad-doctors and Lunatics »

Codification of Medical Morality V.1
Historical and Philosophical Studies of the Formalization of Western Medical Morality in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries »

Blood And Guts
Blood and Guts explores the many ingenious, curious and often gruesome ways in which humankind has fought disease over the ages.It's an eye-opening, humorous... »

English Society in the Eighteenth Century
English Society in the Eighteenth Century »

Flesh In The Age Of Reason
As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty,... »

The Cambridge History of Science
The Cambridge History of Science »

English Society in the Eighteenth Century [With Headphones]
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Enlightenment in the National Context
Enlightenment in National Context »

Bodies Politic
In ths work, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body in death, disease and health, and at images of the healing arts in Britain from ... »