The James Lind Library has been created to help people understand fair tests of treatments in health care. Essays explaining the principles of fair tests are available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

‘Testing Treatments’ – 100-page book published by the British Library in 2006 - is available here without charge, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.

To illustrate the evolution of fair tests of treatments from 2000 BCE to the present, the James Lind Library contains key passages and images from manuscripts, books and journal articles, many of them accompanied by commentaries, biographies, portraits, and other relevant material.

The James Lind Library is dedicated to patients and professionals who have contributed evidence about the effects of treatments in health care. Comments are welcome, and should be sent to feedback@jameslindlibrary.org.