289 Comments Posted by sandy

How do you suppose they opened and closed it when they were in operation?

Any idea what's on the shelves?

Any idea what's on the green board on the wall?

I'm really stupid here..how exactly did that door open/ close?

I can't get over how clean the bottom ivory part of the wall looks!

I'm confused..the way I'm looking at it, the whole second floor was removed? How do you do that?

People really are pathetic, aren't they?

View from the nosebleed seats!

VarmenHare..agreed! Great movie by the way.

They aren't demolishing it in the fall. Where did you hear that? they are selling the property and it will be demolished sometime within the next 5 years.

Thanks Mott, you have captured long lost images from the past. This type of suction machine had 2 glass bottles attached.The right side was the first bottle to be filled and if this bottle got full the fluids it would then flow into the left side bottle (ball side),when fluids reached the ball , the ball rose to the top of a metal tube and block off the suction ,and the suction would not work. The bottles then needed emptying.The types of suction devices were used to suck up mucous, vomit, or blood, which would have occurred during a surgical procedure, or if you had an unconscious patient, or any patient that had difficulty maintaining an airway. These type of suckers worked either by oxygen (from a cyclinder) or by electricity. This one looks like it worked by O2. The suction devices used today are disposable , ie don't need to empty the contents of the bottles ( due to risk of infectious diseases etc ). These types of suckers were used up until 10 - 15 years ago.

I think old X-ray machines can still leak radiation ?

Bed rails like this are still used today, but with the gaps between the rails closer together for safety regulations.

Great work Motts. This is an anaesthetic machine. 3 cyclinders on the side would have been 2 oxygen cylinders & 1 nitrousoxide. The suction bottle / machine would normally be on the floor next to the anaesthetic machine, but in this shot it is just resting on top of the anaesthetic trolley.