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Roy Sydney Porter

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British historian of medicine (1946–2002)

Born	31 December 1946
Died	4 March 2002

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Dictionary of the history of science

by W. F Bynum, Roy Sydney Porter, E. Janet Browne, W. F. Bynum, William F. Bynum, and E. J. Browne
First published in 1981 — 11 editions

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The Anatomy of madness: essays in the history of psychiatry

by Roy Sydney Porter, Michael Shepherd, W. F. Bynum, Shepherd, Michael, W.F. Bynum, William F. Bynum, W. F. Bynum, and Editors First published in 1981 — 11 editions

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Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine

by Roy Sydney Porter
First published in 2002 — 10 editions
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The confinement of the insane: international perspectives, 1800-1965

by Roy Sydney Porter and David J. Wright First published in 2003 — 9 editions

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The Enlightenment

by Roy Sydney Porter
First published in 1990 — 8 editions

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Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge: Historical Essays (Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine)

by W. F. Bynum, Stephen Lock, and Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1992 — 8 editions

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Problems and methods in the history of medicine

by Roy Sydney Porter and Andrew Wear First published in 1987 — 7 editions

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The Dialectics of friendship

by Roy Sydney Porter and Sylvana Tomaselli First published in 1989 — 7 editions

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Doctor of society: Thomas Beddoes and the sick trade in late-enlightenment England

by Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1992 — 7 editions

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George Cheyne: The English Malady

by Roy Sydney Porter First published in 2013 — 7 editions

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Medical fringe & medical orthodoxy, 1750-1850

by W. F. Bynum, Roy Sydney Porter, and W. F. Bynum First published in 1987 — 7 editions

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Rewriting the self: histories from the Renaissance to the present

by Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1997 — 7 editions

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Consumption and the World of Goods

by Brewer, John, Roy Sydney Porter, and John Brewer First published in 1994 — 7 editions

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Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical on Drunkenness and Its Effects on the Human Body (Psychology Revivals)

by Thomas Trotter and Roy Sydney Porter First published in 2013 — 6 editions

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Literature & medicine during the eighteenth century

by Marie Mulvey Roberts and Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1993 — 6 editions

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History of Bethlem

by Jonathan Andrews, Asa Briggs, Roy Sydney Porter, Penny Tucker, and Keir Waddington First published in 2013 — 6 editions

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The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC1800 AD

by Lawrence I. Conrad, Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Sydney Porter, Andrew Wear, W. F. Bynum, Anne Hardy, Stephen Jacyna, and 2 others First published in 1995 — 6 editions

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Popularization of Medicine

by Roy Sydney Porter First published in 2011 — 6 editions

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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical history of Humanity

by Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1997 — 6 editions

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A History of Clinical Psychiatry: The Origin and History of Psychiatric Disorders

by G. E. Berrios and Roy Sydney Porter First published in 1993 — 6 editions
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British historian of medicine (1946–2002)

Born	31 December 1946
Died	4 March 2002

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OLID: OL220373A
BookBrainz: 30092a36-2ecc-4957-9bb3-c413e2bd4daa
GoodReads: 23026
ISNI: 0000000120981393
Library of Congress Names: n80082361
VIAF: 23033
Wikidata: Q354728
Inventaire.io: wd:Q354728

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