Some useful books on medical history

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
1.  The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present by Roy Porter
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  "The best single-volume history of medicine"
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Flesh in the Age of Reason
2.  Flesh in the Age of Reason by Roy Porter
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  "Superb study of enlightenment thinkers"
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National Health Service: A Political History
3.  National Health Service: A Political History by Charles Webster
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  "Excellent history of our wonderful NHS"
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
4.  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson by Jo Manton
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  "Great biography of pioneer of women's medical education"
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NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care
5.  NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M Pollock
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  "Shows how bad Labour has been for the NHS"
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The Discovery of the Germ (Revolutions in science)
6.  The Discovery of the Germ (Revolutions in science) by John Waller
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  "Good account of a great medical discovery"
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Framing Disease : Studies in Cultural History: Health and Medicine in American Society (Dilemmas in World Politics)
7.  Framing Disease : Studies in Cultural History: Health and Medicine in American Society (Dilemmas in World Politics) by Charles E. Rosenberg
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  "Useful studies in history of medicine"
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Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene)
8.  Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale Nota Bene) by Meyer Friedman
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  "Stories of important discoveries"
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Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O (Wiley Bad Science Series)
9.  Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O (Wiley Bad Science Series) by Christopher Wanjek
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  "Shows that there has been bad medicine too."
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MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know
10.  MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know by Michael Fitzpatrick
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  "Fine history of the MMR scare"
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Soul Made Flesh
11.  Soul Made Flesh by Carl Zimmer
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  "Account of the origins of neurology"
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Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its Discontents
12.  Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and Its Discontents by Raymond Tallis
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  "Brings the history of medicine up to date"
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Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830-1910 (Penguin history)
13.  Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830-1910 (Penguin history) by Richard J. Evans
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  "Brilliant account of how liberalism caused a public health disaster in 19th-century Hamburg"
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