8 Comments Posted by christy

In my opinion "phantom" commenting on this page is only trying to get a rise out of everyone, which he has accomplished. Obviously the person we are dealing with is not the real phantom because it seems the real one has far more respect for the property and its history. If this kid who claims to be "phantom" get his jollies from stealing a glass jar then he/she has bigger issues than just learning respect and dignity, sad but true...

Martha, thanks for the info, My friend was only 7 years old and I am sure she must have had some adjustments made to her Iron lung before she was made comfortable. and these are her memories of being in it. I do remember the sound of the machine and it scared me and i can still hear it when i think about it, Not a fun memory of her being in it over 50 years ago. Good luck to you Martha and I hope that one day you will be able to leave your Iron lung and sleep in your own bed

I'm assuming those bottles were awaiting being filled and given to the patients in the out-patient program that was once run by the hospital. But then again, what the hell do I know. I do know that there is a room there with thousands of keys and a key-cutter where they used to cut their own keys for all the doors in the hospital.

Here is an interesting bit of info about NSH...Connecticut's most recently executed inmate, Michael Ross, who was a rapist and serial killer, back when he was at large, snatched one of his victims, a local girl nearby and took her onto the hospital grounds, in the woods behind the baseball diamond and raped and killed her and left her body there. Creepy...

Great shot! Gives you a good idea of the grandeur of this hospital. There is a beautiful large bronze plaque on the floor right to the left just out of view in this shot commemorating the opening of the hospital.

cool website

your right. they make a loud whoooshing sound and a loud bang.

Hi love your pics. back in 1957 my little friend came down with polio, it was awful, it attacked her whole body she went through horrible pain, she had to live in one of these for almost two years, she had back operations they put rods in her spine to hold her back up, all her muscles were affected. she was just bone no muscles at all. she lived in a top of the head to the bottom of her butt full body cast. You asked what it sounds like when someone is in an iron lung. picture this your right your on your back with your head sticking out and this LOUD humming sound with a LOUD bang from the machine pushing the air into the chamber then another loud bang when the air is leaving the chamber and you have to live with this sound all the time. I asked my friend does it hurt and she say yes very much because this machine is almost making you suck in the air and then making you push it out of your lungs like someone is pushing on your chest. Yes it hurts and it''s like a nighmare that wont stop. to this day my friend still has nightmares of living in that machine, and living with polio. But she is alive, and doing great.