If you liked Dictionary of the history of science by Roy Sydney Porter and William F. Bynum, start with The Hospital in history (1989), A social history of madness (1987), and A history of clinical psychiatry (1995). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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  1. 1 The Hospital in history 1989 · 273 pages · Lindsay Patricia Granshaw, Roy Sydney Porter, Lindsay Granshaw · Same author
  2. 2 A social history of madness 1987 · 261 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  3. 3 A history of clinical psychiatry 1995 · 684 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  4. 4 Medical fringe & medical orthodoxy, 1750-1850 1987 · 274 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  5. 5 Discovering the history of psychiatry 1994 · 466 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  6. 6 The Medical history of waters and spas 1990 · 150 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  7. 7 Enlightenment (Allen Lane History) 2001 · 752 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  8. 8 The Creation of the Modern World 2000 · 768 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  9. 9 Vapours Trails and Other Stories 2022 · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  10. 10 The confinement of the insane 2003 · 390 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
  11. 11 Myths of the English 1992 · 276 pages · Roy Sydney Porter · Same author
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What should I read after Dictionary of the history of science?

BookOrb recommends The Hospital in history (1989), A social history of madness (1987), A history of clinical psychiatry (1995), Medical fringe & medical orthodoxy, 1750-1850 (1987), and Discovering the history of psychiatry (1994).

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Dictionary of the history of science is by Roy Sydney Porter and William F. Bynum.