Operating theatre
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An operating theatre, operating room, or a surgery suite is a room within a hospital within which surgical operations are carried out.
Operating theatres were so-called in the United Kingdom because they traditionally consisted of semi-circular amphitheatres to allow students to observe the medical procedures.
The Old Operating Theatre in London is one of the oldest, dating back to 1822. It is a similar age to the Etherdome in Boston built in 1824.
Historic anatomical theatres, which were used for dissection of both human and animal corpses for instructional purposes, exist in Padua, Leiden, Uppsala, and a few other places.
The Operating Theatre Journal[1] is published in the United Kingdom.
