Home›Sources›The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanitySourcesThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanityStandard History of MedicineCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextMedicine Atlas. "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-greatest-benefit-to-mankind.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextMedicine Atlas. (n.d.). The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-greatest-benefit-to-mankindCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{medicineatlas-the-greatest-benefit-to-mankind-a-medica, author = {Medicine Atlas}, title = {The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity}, year = {2026}, url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-greatest-benefit-to-mankind}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedRoy Porters one-volume history of medicine from antiquity to the twentieth century, widely used as a standard general history of the field.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (195 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedRoy PorterPublisherWell-attestedW. W. Norton and CompanyPublication YearWell-attested1997Source TypeWell-attestedacademic-historyReliability TierWell-attested1SourcesThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanitytier 1Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997Claims Backed By This Source (195 claims)This source backs 195 claims across the atlas. As facts: 100 well-attested, 8 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 22 holds, 15 connected, 2 held Differently. Plus 48 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicHealers, 56 claims: 37 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 1 connected, 11 general references.Treatments, 33 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 14 holds, 2 connected, 2 held Differently, 6 general references.Conditions, 32 claims: 23 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 connected, 7 general references.Discoveries, 29 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 8 connected, 9 general references.Medical Specialties, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 general references.Articles, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 connected, 4 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Medical Institutions, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Well-attested100ArticlesBloodletting: Two Thousand Years of Orthodoxy and Its OverthrowThe Contested Birth of Surgical AnesthesiaThe Discovery Nobody Could Fully Agree OnThe Pump Handle John Snow RemovedConditionsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseCholeraHIV/AIDSInfluenzaPoliomyelitisTuberculosisDiscoveriesBlood GroupsIsolation of HIVPenicillinStructure of DNAVaccinationX-raysHealersCharles BestCrawford LongFlorence NightingaleFrederick BantingHorace WellsIbn SinaJohn SnowJoseph ListerLouis PasteurWilliam MortonMedical InstitutionsRed Cross MovementWorld Health OrganizationMedical SpecialtiesAnesthesiologyCardiologyEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyMedical GeneticsPsychiatryPublic HealthSurgeryOpen QuestionsWhen did bloodletting originate as a medical practice?SourcesThe Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanityTreatmentsAnesthesiaAntisepsisBloodlettingDialysisVaccinationScholarly debate8ConditionsPoliomyelitisDiscoveriesAnesthesiaGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of InsulinHealersHippocratesTreatmentsAnesthesiaAntibioticsHolds22DiscoveriesGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of InsulinHealersFlorence NightingaleHippocratesIbn SinaJohn SnowTreatmentsAnesthesiaAntibioticsAntiretroviral TherapyAntisepsisBloodlettingChemotherapyInsulin TherapyRadiotherapyVaccinationConnected15ArticlesBloodletting: Two Thousand Years of Orthodoxy and Its OverthrowThe Contested Birth of Surgical AnesthesiaConditionsHIV/AIDSDiscoveriesGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of HIVVaccinationX-raysHealersJohn SnowOpen QuestionsWhen did bloodletting originate as a medical practice?TreatmentsBloodlettingHeld Differently2TreatmentsAnesthesiaGeneral References48ArticlesBloodletting: Two Thousand Years of Orthodoxy and Its OverthrowThe Contested Birth of Surgical AnesthesiaThe Discovery Nobody Could Fully Agree OnThe Pump Handle John Snow RemovedConditionsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseCholeraHIV/AIDSInfluenzaPoliomyelitisTuberculosisDiscoveriesAnesthesiaBlood GroupsGerm Theory of DiseaseIsolation of HIVIsolation of InsulinPenicillinStructure of DNAVaccinationX-raysHealersCharles BestCrawford LongFlorence NightingaleFrederick BantingHippocratesHorace WellsIbn SinaJohn SnowJoseph ListerLouis PasteurWilliam MortonMedical InstitutionsRed Cross MovementWorld Health OrganizationMedical SpecialtiesAnesthesiologyCardiologyEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyMedical GeneticsPsychiatryPublic HealthSurgeryOpen QuestionsWhen did bloodletting originate as a medical practice?TreatmentsAnesthesiaAntibioticsAntisepsisBloodlettingDialysisVaccinationComments (0)No comments yet. 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