Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum was an anatomical theatre which existed from 1736 until 1785 in

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. It was built as a replacement for

Domus Anatomica Domus Anatomica was an anatomical theatre which existed from 1644 until 1728 in Copenhagen, Denmark. History There are references to a modest ''lectorium medicorum'' in Copenhagen from 1605 but in 1621 the statutes of the university stressed that ...

which had been destroyed in the

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and was itself succeeded by the

Royal Danish Academy of Surgery The Royal Danish Academy of Surgery (Danish: Det Kongelige Kirurgiske Akademi), or Academia Chirurgorum Regia, was an educational institution which existed from 1785 until 1842 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former building at Bredgade now houses Med ...

History

The Anatomical-Surgical Theatre was inaugurated at Købmagergade on 30 April 1736. An exam in surgery was introduced at the same event. The new institution was independent from the

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and intensified an ongoing dispute between physicians educated at the university and surgeons (previously barbers).

References

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