Abstract: Medical humanities have experienced vigorous development in the past 100 years. Its connotation and research direction have been continuously enriched, and it has provided great help for medical education. This paper reviewed the development history of medical humanities in the past 100 years, focusing on the history of medicine, bioethics, medical anthropology and narrative medicine. At the same time, this paper analyzed the reasons behind the movements of medical humanities, and on this basis, expounded the requirements of future development of medical humanities in China, so as to promote the research and education of medical humanities in China.