The American Association for the History of Medicine is an American

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and t ...

dedicated to the study of

medical history The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, ''aná'', "open", and μνήσις, ''mnesis'', "memory") of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either to the patient or to other peo ...

Background

It is the largest society dedicated to medical history in the United States, and the oldest such organization in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...

. It was established in 1925 as the American Section of the

International Society for the History of Medicine The International Society for the History of Medicine is a non profit international society devoted to the academic study of the history of medicine, including the organization of international congresses. The Society was founded in 1920 in Belgiu ...

, and obtained its current name in 1958. Its first president was

Fielding Hudson Garrison Colonel Fielding Hudson Garrison, MD (November 5, 1870 – April 18, 1935) was an acclaimed medical historian, bibliographer, and librarian of medicine. Garrison's '' An Introduction to the History of Medicine'' (1913) is a landmark text in ...

. Its official journal is the ''

Bulletin of the History of Medicine The ''Bulletin of the History of Medicine'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1933. It is an official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine and of the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History ...

'', which is published quarterly. Its current membership is in excess of 1,000 people.

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* {{Hist-org-stub Organizations established in 1925 Medical associations based in the United States History organizations based in the United States History of medicine