Operating Room Canvas Print

The Operating Room at Eastern State Penitentiary was completed in 1910, the sterile Operating Room provided a vastly improved surgical environment over the earlier spaces used � an inmate�s individual cell. The Operating Room, converted from two single cells and three exercise yards, was part of a larger renovation campaign turning the entire cellblock into a complete state-of-the-art hospital. In addition to the Operating Room, Cellblock 3 gained laboratories, quarantine housing and recovery wards. By 1917, the entire block was devoted to medical care.
There were over 100 surgeries a year in the hospital by 1920, up from just a handful in the first years of the 20th century. A variety of surgeries were performed: amputations, appendectomies, circumcisions, hernia repairs, dental and eye-related procedures, and more. Al Capone had his tonsils removed in September 1929. In the 1940s, Eastern State launched a �skin bank� so inmates could donate skin to burn victims, particularly chil...

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