The history of medicine and public health: a new trend in Twenty first century

The history of medicine and public health are two emerging areas in the recent past. The histories of colonial medicine, health and disease with environmental, ecological and local themes have been attracting. The responses to epidemic diseases both within the colonial administration and among different sections of the indigenous population have been studied by the social historians of modern India. The demonstrated history of Western medicine controlling the mortality from epidemics and diseases has given inspiration to indigenous medical practioners. The western ideas like sanitation, hygiene, vaccination and medical institutions were considered superior to Indian traditional systems and ideas. Modern medicine laid the solid foundation for the modern drug research and development of science, technology and medicine. The Twenty first century mainly characterized by experimenting and the studying the progress of the new technologies in the medicine and public health. This meets high standards and standardization of medical knowledge. The main objective of the paper is to highlights the recent developments and new themes in the history of medicine and public health under colonial rule and new changes in the western medicine in the context of colonialism.