NEJM Medical Documentary Features Chair of Surgery Danny Jacobs

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May 22, 2012

Duke Chair of Surgery, Danny Jacobs, MD, is featured in this 45-minute New England Journal of Medicine documentary which explores three remarkable stories of medical progress that have taken place over the course of the long history of NEJM. In 1812, there was 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.