Publication history: The Natural State of Medical Practice is a four-volume work authored by William H. Adams, MD, published by Liberty Hill Publishing in 2019. Originally published in 2015 by CreateSpace in two volumes with a subsequent supplement, the authorship was anonymous and under the pseudonym “Thessalos,” purported son of Hippocrates. The content was then updated and expanded, with proper authorship acknowledged in the 2019 edition. A fourth volume was added and Volume 1 revised in 2023. The titles are:
Vol. 1 – The Natural State of Medical Practice: An Isagorial Theory of Human Progress
Vol. 2 – The Natural State of Medical Practce: Hippocratic Evidence
Vol. 3 – The Natural State of Medical Practice: Escape from Egalitarianism
Vol. 4 – The Natural State of Medical Practice: Implications
In August 2020, a single-volume abridgement, Medical Practice and the Common Man and Woman: A History, was released by Xulon Press, with an e-Book version released in January 2021. The change in title for the abridgment reflects a modest change in emphasis from the role of the common man and woman in medical practice to the role of the common man and woman in history.
