The Role of History in the History of Science and Medicine

Sanjoy: It's not enough to create a wondrous scientific product; it needs to be taken into societal contexts. And that's where I think historians have a role, she says. Sanjoy: Every major report starts with the preamble, which is history. But in the policy field, and this is from my experience working with both WHO and South Asian governments, we have to move that preamble into a more sensitive social history.