Medicine, Madness and Social History

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Medicine, Madness and Social History is written by R. Bivins and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230235352 (ISBN 10) and 9780230235359 (ISBN 13).

Written in honour of eminent historian Roy Porter by twenty of his colleagues and students, the collection renders cutting edge scholarship accessible. Historians from the three fields that Porter made his own - the histories of medicine, madness, and the Enlightenment - illustrate his influence while tackling major themes ranging from disability rights to the popularization of science. In their accounts, artisan gardeners jostle with anarchists, dentists, and hypnotists in a lively, and very Porterian, parade.