The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine

  1. David J. Rothman, PhD
  1. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York

    Porter R; ed. 400 pages. New York: Cambridge Univ Pr; 1996. $39.95. ISBN 0521442117. Order phone 800-872-7423.

    Field of medicine: History of medicine.

    Format: Hardcover book.

    Audience: Educated laypersons and interested physicians.

    Purpose: To present a survey of western medicine.

    Content: Edited by the distinguished English historian Roy Porter, this is a lavishly presented and clearly narrated account of the major transformations that mark the rise and course of western scientific medicine. It covers a wide range of subjects, …

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    1. Ann Intern Med March 1, 1998 vol. 128 no. 5 415-416
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