Quacks
 Author: Roy Porter Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 941 EAN: 9780752423012 ISBN: 0752423010 Number Of Pages: 254 Publication Date: 2001-10-04 [... more]
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Flesh In The Age Of Reason
Great Read: I cannot believe no one has reviewed Roy Porter's last book. It reminds me of the Metaphysical Club, but it is perhaps a bit more wry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have added it to my collection of books on the Enlightenment. It was [... more]
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London A Social History
A city and its peoples: Roy Porter, noted and trained as a medical historian, turned his attention to the social development of London, and we are the richer for it. Porter is a Londoner, and has a passion for the city. He is, however, frank in his [... more]
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Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad-Doctors & ...
Author: Roy Porter Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 150 EAN: 9780752419725 ISBN: 0752419722 Number Of Pages: 344 Publication Date: 2006-03 [... more]
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Drugs and Narcotics in History
Author: Roy Porter Author: Mikulas Teich Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 615 EAN: 9780521585972 ISBN: 052158597X Number Of Pages: 239 Publication Date: 1997-03-28 [... more]
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Flesh In The Age Of Reason
A cornucopia of conceptual delights for the would-be enlightened reader: I was almost astonished by the scope and panache of this wide-ranging and absorbing study. Beginning with the philosophical, religious and medical background, Roy Porter homes in on [... more]
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Blood And Guts
The Basis for Western Medicine: Porter provides a short, readable history of Western medicine in this soothingly small book. He uncovers the roots of the medical hegemony, clarifying historical origins of basic assumptions in modern medicine. The author' [... more]
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Flesh In The Age Of Reason
A cornucopia of conceptual delights for the would-be enlightened reader: I was almost astonished by the scope and panache of this wide-ranging and absorbing study. Beginning with the philosophical, religious and medical background, Roy Porter homes in on [... more]
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The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC-1800 AD
Author: Lawrence I. Conrad Author: Michael Neve Author: Vivian Nutton Author: Roy Porter Author: Andrew Wear Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 610 EAN: 9780521475648 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0521475643 Number Of Pages: 570 Publication Date: 1995-08-25 [... more]
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Blood And Guts
The Basis for Western Medicine: Porter provides a short, readable history of Western medicine in this soothingly small book. He uncovers the roots of the medical hegemony, clarifying historical origins of basic assumptions in modern medicine. The author' [... more]
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Madness: A Brief History
The Long View of Lunacy: Roy Porter died recently at the age of 55, but produced over eighty books on a wide range of subjects, from the Enlightenment to the English treatment of insanity in various historic periods. It would not be surprising if this [... more]
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Flesh In The Age Of Reason
Great Read: I cannot believe no one has reviewed Roy Porter's last book. It reminds me of the Metaphysical Club, but it is perhaps a bit more wry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have added it to my collection of books on the Enlightenment. It was [... more]
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