The Evolution of Operating Theatre Technology From the First Surgeries to Today

In Egypt in 8000 B. C., doctors began performing a procedure called trephination, in which they punched a hole in the skull using only simple instruments. Hammurabi s Law Code, enshrined in the city walls around 1700 B. C., wasn t either. Sushruta Banaras, who lived in India in 600 BC, is considered by many to be the Father of Surgery for his groundbreaking work in the fields of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and cosmetic surgery. Medical and surgical procedures were standardised, and the first surgeons were taught according to a set curriculum, at the semiformal Asklpieia school in ancient Greece. During the Middle Ages, the original Roman working tent was relocated inside a building. It s healthy to acknowledge that further education is required if our only knowledge of the Middle Ages is that it was a period of pestilence and ruins. During the Napoleonic Wars, army physician Dominique Jean Larrey revived the concept of a medical tent after it had been