The Operating Theatre: 250 Years of Surgery in Hospitals
Hunterian Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields 35-43, WC2A 3PE London, Covent Garden
Free entry
About
An exhibition at the Hunterian Museum tracing 250 years of the hospital operating theatre through paintings, photographs and design plans. Curated by Alice Watkinson-Deane, it explores how pain-relief, germ-control, architecture, medical technology and changing cultural and ethical viewpoints transformed this space. Highlights include a recently rediscovered eighteenth-century painting of a leg amputation in a London hospital and images of surgical teams in NHS hospitals today. Access is included with free entry to the museum, booking recommended.
Written by a model, sources: hunterianmuseum.org
Venue
Hunterian Museum is in London’s Covent Garden.
Lincoln's Inn Fields 35-43, WC2A 3PE London
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