Breve ma veridica storia della medicina occidentale

As a history student I was once told by the lecturer “I always say everyone loves history, except when it’s about the past”. In a similar fashion it was recently put to me that if you take one of those great tomes that claims to be about ‘the history of the world’ and open it exactly halfway through Leggi tutto

Ο πολύς Roy Porter υπήρξε στη σύντομη ζωή του η ψυχή και κινητήρια δύναμη της Ιστορίας της Ιατρικής στην αγγλόφωνη ιστοριογραφία. Πολυγραφότατος και εργασιομανής (λέγεται ότι δεν κοιμόταν πάνω από 4 ώρες την ημέρα!) έχει καταπιαστεί με τα πιο δύσκολα (και αχαρτογράφητα) πεδία της ασθένειας και της θ Leggi tutto

Prehistory to just before the Renaissance (ish) - A bit of a rattle all things considered. Could have done with a bit more analysis and a bit less dusty listing of eminent persons. But generally a good, broad overview, in a clear style, with sympathies exactly where they should be. The chapters on In Leggi tutto

I liked it, but I feel as if the author went too broad in his approach. As a "brief medical history of the world" it was scattered and thin. It held many interesting facts, but he didn't share anything revolutionary before the modern era, and the eastern additives felt like a footnote in comparison

Whew, what a text. This book took me over a year to finish, mostly because of the density and history referenced in the text. I originally picked this up thinking I would get a history of medical developments in order to better understand some of the present day developments and science. Reading thr Leggi tutto

This encyclopedic work should be consumed along with other books in the rotation. This is pretty comprehensive, but mostly focuses on the development of Western/scientific medicine. You will get a lot of info about fads along with actual scientific progress. One question I have: why feces were such

'The Greatest Benefit to Mankind' by Roy Porter is a well written and concisely informative narrative of the development of medical science and its relationship with civilization and its progress. The title expresses an opinion that I share. I believe that medicine has bestowed on humankind the gre