273 Comments Posted by Amy

That's not a hospital room, it's a prison cell.

Wow. It looks like something you'd find in the White House or some wealthy businessman's ritzy estate. Definitely not something you'd find in a psychiatric hospital.

It makes me think of a trip to the gynecologist, for some reason. The gynecologist from hell, of course.

I hate autoclaves. My boyfriend works at a veterinary clinic and he took the liberty of showing me the surgery room, which is also where they keep the autoclave (definitely not as big as these; the vet's autoclave looks like it could be portable). It really creeped me out for some reason.

I have a weak stomach anyway, so thinking about surgical instruments doesn't exactly sit well with me, but the sight of the autoclave really kind of did it for me. And they have such a distinct, sterile, almost suffocating smell to them, even when they aren't in use. *shudders*

It must've been a great workout, trying to operate one of these babies manually. Kind of like trying to drive a massive car without power steering.

Another Old Sturbridge Village sticker? Someone was a fan, apparently. The turquoise-ish one a couple pictures back had an OSV sticker on it too.

I like that the Emerson company at least made their iron lungs in pretty colors. If you're going to have to be confined to an iron lung, I think it's a nice gesture from the company to try and make it as pleasant as possible. Besides, I like the green one.

How long/tall were they? I can't imagine that people that were exceptionally tall would be able to fit inside an iron lung, unless they were able to have one specially made. Did they even do that? I mean, I'm about six feet tall (ok, I'm 5'11"), and it doesn't look like I'd fit inside that. But maybe it's one of those cases where they look bigger in person? Someone want to help me clear that up?

This looks so much like my junior high home ec. room it's not even funny.

Swanky doors. Very art deco, like something you'd find in a hotel down on Miami Beach. Definitely not what I'd expect from a hospital. But, then again, I wouldn't expect a coffee shop from a hospital either.

I agree with Tanya, it looks a lot like a church.

Great bumper sticker. Not such a great thing to put it on, however...

If that doesn't make you claustrophobic, I don't know what will.

Everything looks so thriving and green and alive. Maybe it really is, or maybe it just looks that way when in comparison to such a dead and derelict building.

It makes me think of a fire house, or maybe even "Jack and the Bean Stalk".