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Edited by Roy Porter. 400 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1996. $39.95. ISBN 0-521-44211-7.

The title page of this book includes a magnificent painting of a hospital sick ward in Bruges done in 1778 by Johannes Beerblock. Entering the book through this picture is symbolic of the experience of reading it and browsing through its illustrations, almost experiencing whiffs of the heavy smells of infection. The book immerses the reader in the history of one of the noblest and earliest professions. It will be valuable for those in need of references or photographs for lectures or as a gift for a physician when a grand gesture is wanted.

One of the book's great strengths . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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