Watch the 200th Anniversary Documentary

In a 45-minute documentary video, Getting Better, we explore three remarkable stories of medical progress that have taken place over the course of the long history of NEJM. In 1812, medical knowledge was limited. We had no understanding of infectious disease. Surgery was unsanitary and performed without anesthesia. Cancer was unrecognized, in part because so few people lived long enough to develop it. Two centuries later, with the help of experts in their field like Drs. Atul Gawande, Vincent DeVita, Tony Fauci, and Paul Farmer, this film looks at the role of researchers and clinicians, of patients, their families and their advocates, and how information is translated into action. It is the story of research, clinical practice and patient care, and how we have continued to get better over the last 200 years. View the film: