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History Exhibition
History ExhibitionWilliam J. Syms Operating Theatre
Columbus Circle
This 1890 operating theater pioneered sterile surgery with non-porous surfaces and a 300-seat amphitheater—where Dr. McBurney discovered his famous appendicitis diagnostic point. Now a private elementary school.
19th-century medical history
Landmarked architecture
Hidden NYC landmark
Victorian surgical innovation
William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Columbus Circle
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionThis 1890 operating theater pioneered sterile surgery with non-porous surfaces and a 300-seat amphitheater—where Dr. McBurney discovered his famous appendicitis diagnostic point. Now a private elementary school.
19th-century medical history
Landmarked architecture
Hidden NYC landmark
Victorian surgical innovation