books.google.com - In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter examines the impact of disease upon the English and their responses to it before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care. Professor Porter incorporates into the revised second edition new perspectives offered by recent research...https://books.google.com/books/about/Disease_Medicine_and_Society_in_England.html?id=qISS8zJI8NYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDisease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860