[Sixty years of society of medical history, Chinese Medical Association].

Being the earliest special Society under the CMA, the Society of Medical History was founded in 1935. The history of the 60 years since its establishment can be divided into 4 stages: the stage of foundation (1935-1952) in which solid works on academic exchanges, publications of monographs and Journal of Medical History, founding of museum and library, laid down the foundation for the later stages; the stage of continuous development (1952-1965) saw the moving of th Society office from Shanghai to Peking. The works in the 2 branch Societies in Peking and Shanghai were very active, with only little activity carried out at the national level; the third stage (1966-1979) was a stage of stagnation; the last stage (1979-1995) is a stage of rejuvenation and development. During this last stage, 8 national conferences, 1 international congress were sponsored, 16 local branches established, 500 members were included. Under the Society, there is a Head Group, under which there are 3 academic titles, viz. Society of Medical History, CMA, Group Membership of Chinese Association for History of Science and Technology, and Socieity of History of Chinese Medicine under the China Association of Traditional Chinese and Pharmacy.