The International Society for the History of Medicine is a non profit international society devoted to the academic study of the

history of medicine The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies. More than just histo ...

, including the organization of international congresses. The Society was founded in 1920 in Belgium. The society is present in 50 countries, holds delegations in 38 countries, and has about 800 members. It also includes national societies in Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Finland, France, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, Romania, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Membership is open to both

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

s and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

International congresses

The society holds a biennial International Congress, and, beginning in 2001, an international meeting in the years the main conference is not hel
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Communications to the international congresses are

peer review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

ed.Brief of the Globe Foundations,vol 13: " 1990, to the last decade of the Century", pages 10&112009 Edmond Gravenor and the Council of World Organizations, Review of the International Societies and Organizations of the XX century, page 345-346 Northampton Press, UK

''Vesalius''

The ISHM publishes twice a year ''Vesalius'', subtitled ''Acta Internationalia Historiae Medicinae'', an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

publishing some abstracts from its International Congresses and International Meetings for the History of Medicine, and some other scientific communications.

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/ishm/eng/
''Vesalius''
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