Medical Literature Search

Medical literature search is the professional knowledge-access layer in No.206 检索、送药、看病：互联网医疗这些年 | 中国互联网故事22. The episode frames PubMed’s free web access to MEDLINE as one of the first internet tools that meaningfully improved doctors’ and medical students’ work.

The concept matters because it explains why early internet healthcare was not primarily consumer-facing. 李天天’s path from literature retrieval to 丁香园 / DXY shows that professional information needs can create durable communities before appointment booking, online consultation, or drug ecommerce become visible consumer categories.

Connections

• PubMed — core global database and retrieval service in the source.
• 李天天 and 丁香园 / DXY — China internet-healthcare founder and community route.
• Internet Healthcare — broader industry branch beginning from knowledge access and infrastructure.