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David Richard John Wootton (* 15. Januar 1952 in London) ist ein britischer Historiker. Er ist Jubiläumsprofessor für Geschichte an der York University. hielt die Raleigh Lecture an der British Academy (2008); Carlyle Lectures an der Universität Oxford (2014); Benedict Lectures an der Boston University (2014).

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We all face disease and death, and rely on the medical profession to extend our lives. Yet, David Wootton argues, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good. In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, he asks just how much good it has done us over the years, and how much harm it continues to do today.