The James Lind Library has been created to help people understand fair tests of treatments in health care. The principles of fair tests are explained in essays containing many examples. These essays are available in Arabic, Chinese (中文), English, French (français), Russian (русский язык), Portuguese (Português) and Spanish (español).

The text of ‘Testing Treatments’ – a 100-page book originally published by the British Library in 2006, now reissued by Pinter & Martin - is available here without charge, in the original English, and in Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish translations.

To illustrate the evolution of fair tests of treatments from 1550 BCE to the present, the James Lind Library contains key passages and images from manuscripts, books and journal articles.The website also contains many commentaries, biographies, portraits, doctoral theses and other relevant material about the history of fair tests.

The James Lind Library is dedicated to patients and professionals who have contributed evidence about the effects of treatments in health care. For a full description the James Lind Library, click here or here for Spanish (español). Comments are welcome, and should be sent to feedback@jameslindlibrary.org.