The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine

Againstthebackdropofanunprecedentedconcernforhealthtoday,TheCambridgeIllustratedHistoryofMedicinenotonlysurveystheriseofmedicineintheWestfromearliesttimestothepresentday,butalsoglimpsesintothefuture.Itiswrittenbyateamofexpertsco-ordinatedbyoneofthemostdistinguishedandprolificwritersandresearchersintothehistoryofmedicine,ProfessorRoyPorter.Bothauthoritativeandaccessible,TheCambridgeIllustratedHistoryofMedicineistheonlyseriouschoiceforareaderwantingalivelyandinformativesingle-volumeintroductiontomedicalhistory.