Editing Operating theater (section)

===Surviving operating theaters===
{{See also| Anatomical theatre}}
[[File:Old Operating Theatre.jpg|thumb|Old Operating Theatre in London]]
The oldest surviving operating theater is thought to be the 1804 operating theater of the [[Pennsylvania Hospital]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour5.html|title=Pennsylvania Hospital History: Virtual Tour - Surgical Amphitheatre|website=www.uphs.upenn.edu}}</ref>  The 1821 [[Ether Dome]] of the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] is still in use as a lecture hall. Another surviving operating theater is the [[Old Operating Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Old Operating Theatre|url=https://oldoperatingtheatre.com/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret|language=en-US}}</ref> Built in 1822, it is now a museum of surgical history. [[Anatomical Theatre of Padua|The Anatomical 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 1595.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palazzo Bo and Anatomical Theatre {{!}} Università di Padova|url=https://www.unipd.it/en/palazzo-bo-and-anatomical-theatre|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.unipd.it}}</ref>