preoperative procedure is carried out in a hospital operating theatre.
preoperative procedure is carried out in a hospital operating theatre.
what kind of procedure is carried out in a hospital operating theatre?
preoperative
the oldest surviving operating theater is thought to be the 1804 operating theatre of the pennsylvania hospital in philadelphia. the 1821 ether dome of the massachusetts general hospital is still in use as a lecture hall. another surviving operating theaters is the old operating theatre in london. built in 1822, it is now a museum of surgical history. the theater at the university of padua, in italy, inside palazzo bo was constructed and used as a lecture hall for medical students who observed the dissection of corpses, not surgical operations. it was commissioned by the anatomist girolamo fabrizio d'acquapendente in 1594.
operating theater
the next phases of development, opened in 1938 resulted in the construction of a dedicated operating theatre, which was until this stage, housed in various other buildings on the site. the operating theatre was designed by poe hawkes and is obviously influenced by spanish mission architecture which was a popular inter-war architectural style. the building was constructed adjacent to the western side of the newly opened demaine block. the design of the operating theatre was described in the local newspaper at the time of opening "as the most up to date in australia" and influenced by a "famous hospital in berlin". a lengthy report of the innovative fittings and finishes follows and this describes many features which are standard in operating theatres of today. the operating theatre was extended in the 1950s and again in the 1970s and was converted for use as a store when the new major blocks were constructed.
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