Organization:Royal Danish Academy of Surgery

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The Royal Danish Academy of Suregry (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 Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen's museum of medicine.

History

The Academy of Surgery was founded on 22 June 1785 as a replacement for the Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum from 1736.[1] Queen Dowager Juliane Marie donated a lot in Bredgade, near Frederiks Hospital, and a building for the new institution was completed in 1787 to a design by Peter Meyn. The first president of the Academy was Alexander Kølpin (1731–1801).

The Academy of Surgery merged with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Copenhagen on 1 January 1842. The building remained in use for dissections and lectures on surgery. It now houses Medical Museion, the University's museum of medicine.[2]

See also

  • Domus Anatomica

References

  1. "1785" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1700/1785.html. Retrieved 2012-04-19. 
  2. "Kirurgisk Akademi" (in Danish). Gyldendal. http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Krop,_psyke_og_sundhed/Sundhedsvidenskab/Medicinens_historie/Kirurgisk_Akademi. Retrieved 2012-04-19. 

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