400 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
ISBNs
9780521002523, 0521002524
OCLC
ocm46650771
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-386) and indexes.
The history of disease / Kenneth F. Kiple -- The rise of medicine / Vivian Nutton -- What is disease? / Roy Porter -- Primary care / Edward Shorter -- Medical science ; Hospitals and surgery / Roy Porter -- Drug treatment and the rise in pharmacology / Miles Weatherall -- Mental illness / Roy Porter -- Medicine, society, and the state / John Pickstone -- Looking to the future / Geoff Watts