Getting better [electronic resource] : 200 years of medicine / [written and directed by Nancy Porter, and produced by Kathryn Dietz, for New England Journal of Medicine 200th anniversary].

Waltham, MA : Massachusetts Medical Society, c2012.

1 DVD-ROM (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

"200 NEJM"

This 45-minute documentary explores three remarkable stories of medical progress that have taken place over the course of the long history of NEJM. In 1812, we had no understanding of infectious disease, surgery was unsanitary and performed without anesthesia, and cancer was unrecognized. Two centuries later, this film tells the story of research, clinical practice, and patient care, and of how we have continued to get better over the last 200 years.

New England Journal of Medicine.

Also available online.

Images / Video & Film

English

July 02, 2013