314 Comments Posted by claudia

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Reading old medicall records can be fascinating. The terminology is very different and the medical treatments are very interesting. I would read some also. As a retired RN I can read things like this with absolutely no interest in the patient name and identifiers. Early on I taught myself to not remember names. I can tell 36+ years of medical tales and not one name. Of course now that I don't work it is not a good skill to have. LOL
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Cemeteries are a special interest of mine. Love this gallery. Thanks for posting.
Ephemera: Cemetery Safari: Funerary Art at Greenmount
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I have tried twice to include a link to the site I am about to tell you about and lost my info instead. AD Nelson's post reminded me that I have a site that has pictures of Chernobyl. The site is Kidd of speed and is run by a young lady named Elena. She has made multiple trips into the restricted area. Her father was a scientist for the Soviet Union who helped to assess the radiation present. It was noted that right down the middle of a paved road was safe, So Elena took a meter with her and rode her motorcycle into the area. She also has taken pics and posted on this web site. Hope you can find it . My link works great sorry I could not post it.
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I'm with JackieB. I think they were so old that there was no use for the chairs or it's parts. Many of these children could not even hold up their own head so the chairs were tall and had multiple padded areas to protect the child. They were an extension of the child. So in that respect they were not creepy at all.
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RN making a wild guess, what if they were used to help prevent foot drop? Or maybe positioning devices for the legs/feet? If you had a patient that could not walk because one foot turned out or under, this might be a way to modify that.
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As an FYI, I can tell you that races like Nascar are insured by special insurance carriers. The location is insured by the number of days that there will be cars on the track and spectators in the infield. The racetracks that I worked with would not allow any spectators in the normal viewing areas except on race days. Which means they were able to insure just the track at a lower premium. When I was chairing SCCA races the company we used was K and K insurance. By buying special event insurance the cost was cheaper. Not cheap, but cheaper. I think in the 400.00 to 500.00 range for a 2 day event.
Mr Motts, great photos. When I cruise other abandoned photo websites, I appreciate just how skilled you are with your camera. Keep up the great work. I love to see these places through your eyes
Thank You
Ephemera: Industrial Reuse: Just a Pipe Dream?
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Awesome.
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Absolutely fabulous. I love the colors and the edit. Wallpaper PLEASE???????
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Great pics as usual. I love the one with the light in the suitcase.
Love your vision.
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I'd guess the one in the upper corner is bathroom. This chart was used when patient's were unable to speak. You held it up and the patient pointed to what they needed. I remember using one, in ICU, with a patient on a ventilator.
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I can't stand the idea of having to sleep that close to the toilet.
Yuck
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So strange to see this, It even has tubing which is disposable between patients. I wonder if it was the "standby" in a unit. They are usually all set up and need only water added to the humidifer and turned on. They are usually covered by a large clear plastic bag and labeled "clean for emergency use" Also "please notify if used." It is not the latest model, but looks like it would have still been useful.
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And the smiling doors wait at the end of the hallway. The crossed light is awesome. Would love this as wallpaper.
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There is no such thing as type X blood. And a bag would never be labeled as "infected" So this is either a prop or a joke.
retired RN
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Mr Motts you are correct about the drug resistant strains. My brother died from AIDS and one of the major complications he had was Avian TB. Of course with his lowered resistance he was at the mercy of any pathogen.

The Avian TB was drug resistant. Once a person with AIDS has this they can spread it to others with the infection as well as "normal read non-aids" patients. When he passed away there was fear of a massive wave of TB spreading . Fortunately this has not happened. Just one more disease we have to worry about. Of course AIDS patient's so seldom have only one adventitous disease that it is just a matter of time before this will spread.. And TB that is drug resistant will be found in many sub-groups of patients. What a scary thing that microbes can morph into drug resistant problems.