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Madness: A Brief History
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.040141a (Published 01 January 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:040141a
- Sabina Dosani, specialist registrar in child and adolescent psychiatry1
- 1Maudsley Hospital, London
As thousands of medical students past and present will testify, Roy Porter was an exceptional teacher and medical historian. His untimely death at 55 continues to haunt those of us lucky enough to have enjoyed meeting him.
Fortunately, he was also a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 100 books. His last book was a history of madness from prehistory to today. Madness: A Brief History opens with …
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