[Progress in the research of Chinese medical history in recent five years]

In recent five years, the research of Chinese medical history has made new progress on the basis of what has already been achieved. National conferences on history of Chinese medicine, including minority nationalities, modern and contemporary, medical exchanges with foreign countries and its comparative study on medical history have been convened. After those, research on those domains has made marked progress. The relevant theses and monographs has increased distinctly. A general history of Chinese medicine, organized by the Ministry of Public Health, will propel the research on general history of medicine profoundly. In addition, research on history of medical subjects and diseases, medical personages and works, theory of Chinese medical history, history of foreign medicine have also made new progress. There are frequent academic exchanges internationally day by day. But, there are also questions that exist; the drain of talented people, the historical course of Chinese medicine has not been included in the lust of continuous education in the Chinese Medical Association, weak points in research on history of diseases and foreign medicine, the historical theory of Chinese medicine and so on. These questions remain to be solved and strengthened. New domain on the medical history in Hongkong, Macao, and Taiwan should also be speeded up.