ISBN10: 0006374549, ISBN13: 9780006374541, [publisher: Fontana Press 01/02/1999] Softcover This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0006374549, ISBN13: 9780006374541, [publisher: Fontana Press 01/02/1999] Softcover Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
[Reading, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0006374549, ISBN13: 9780006374541, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London] Softcover A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day. Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the world, human existence has simply ceased to be nasty, brutish and short. In this titanic history of medicine and disease, Roy Porter examines the traditions of East and West to chart how this revolution has come about. Covering medical milestones big and small from dissection to surgery and from anaesthesia to AIDS Roy Porters masterpiece is both a superlative history of medicine and a sweeping survey of human life and death. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0006374549, ISBN13: 9780006374541, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers] Softcover Condition: Fair, Pages: 848, Size: 23.6x15.6x6
[Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

Fontana Press, UK, Date: 1999. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 833 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fontana Press, UK, 1999. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Medicine advances ever faster, and with it not just a capacity to overcome sickness, but to transform the very nature of life. Starting in ancient times, this text charts how this health revolution came about and how life for human beings in the West has ceased, in Hobbes' memorable phrase, to be "nasty, brutish and short." Porter plots the growth of medical specialisms - pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, neurology, bacteriology - and the institutions of medicine - the hospital and asylum - to show how medical advances have often created as many problems as they have solved. The book also shows how the ancient Egyptians treated incipient baldness with a mixture of hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, goose, snake and ibex fat; how a mystery epidemic devastated ancient Athens and brought to an end the domination of that great city; and how lemons did as much as Nelson to defeat Napolean. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; ISBN: 0006374549. ISBN/EAN: 9780006374541. Inventory No: 10043114.. 9780006374541 1999. Fontana Press ISBN 0006374549 9780006374541 [AU]

Fontana Press, Date: 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:9780006374541 1999. Fontana Press ISBN 0006374549 9780006374541 [GB]

Fontana Press 1999 Trade paperback This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1100grams, ISBN: 9780006374541.