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I have never seen a seclusion room with rubber walls. when a patient was placed in lds(locked door seclusion) they were placed in there for several hours and if they were in need of relieving themselves they were able to with a number of people to stand watch. and then placed back in seclusion until a cooling down period was effective..

Heh I'm glad I'm not the only one who climbed out there!

Yes, where the person inside would be harmful to others or themselves, and the walls were often padded or easily washed down.

This room is a seclusion room in that there was only one person in each (the other rooms fit two, or four in bunk beds), and they were not let out of the room for extended periods of time (reason for the sink and toilet).

I guess you could also call it solitary confinement.

Reminds me of the hallway in The Shining.

I applied to nursing school here in '64 and was invited to spend the day touring the facility. I remember the nightmares I had that night of when our bus approached the building. No way I could spend three years there!

I LOVE the light at the top of the staircase, very spectral and yet a kind of, guardian angel feel to it

in a seclusion room there were never toilets nor sinks .. the room had a mattress on the floor that'a all the window was to observe the patient the bathroom was on the other side of the locked seclusion door.

*Evil chuckle*
Meh heh heh, you're waiting for the laundry, when all of a sudden, when least expect it, a decapitated head comes barreling towards you!

there is a meaning to know thyself

Orin Scrivello, DDS from Little Shop of Horros would more than likely be in Heaven with all this dental equipment!
"It's an antique! They don't make 'em like these any more! Sturdy, heavy.... dull!"

Current research has found that the color "pink" has a very calming affect on people who are upset. They use it in jails frequently today. Works like a charm apparently.
Jill B

It looks like some kind of old respirator to my eye. The kind that used to be used in surgery.

Then why when somebody who does have first hand knowlege of what it was like there is so easily dismissed? Suffer the children ....right away in the beginning you are subtly mislead into believing that 2000+ "children" resided there. When I hear that I immediately have a picture of little kids running around.
Yeah they were somebodies children even though they were adults but the statement is misleading none the less.

this one really makes me want to cry.........a powerful emotional picture

i agree anna you would think the smithsonian would appreciate some of these old pieces of medical equipment