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i see a kid in the left door way

It's obviously a whatsamaboobie for controlling a steam doohickey that has since gone kaput.

actually I just saw on a episode of pawnstars that un;less the wine is laid on its side and temp controlled it just goes bad. But the picture is awesome!l

i see a child in the pink chair

does anyone else see the nurse with the baby over her shoulder in the hall?

Maybe this was a part of it. "The medicine cabinet would be open -- they would have medicine cabinets open, wide open -- and somebody got themselves a bottle of Thorazines, liquid Thorazine, and drunk a whole bottle and got very sick and they put him in the hospital -- they was trying to pump the stuff out of him -- and he died the next day. Lord knows where the attendants was at. " http://www.disabilitym...681&&page;=5 the beginining of the paragraph starts like this "

Where I was living they would be hitting too -- them big strong boys. It wasn't the attendants that did it; it was the patients: Charles R., Eddie T., and Eddie S., and other people. They would hit them over the head with mop handles and brooms -- whatever they could get their hands on; they would hit them. I never got hit; I got out of that; I hid in the bedroom underneath all the beds down in the rows. They chasing everybody else around; they couldn't catch me. I was very scared. They hit everybody else but they couldn't get me.
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They would be going to the hospital with cut heads and sores on the backs and Dr. W. would come around: "What's all these patients being hit for?" And Dr. W. would write out prescriptions for nerve relaxers and Thorazines and stuff like that. The medicine cabinet would be open -- they would have medicine cabinets open, wide open -- and somebody got themselves a bottle of Thorazines, liquid Thorazine, and drunk a whole bottle and got very sick and they put him in the hospital -- they was trying to pump the stuff out of him -- and he died the next day. Lord knows where the attendants was at. " this is from LOST IN A DESSERT WORLD this was written by a former patient. just a thought.

i'm reading a book http://www.disabilitym...681&&page;=3 it was written by a previous patient and in it, it mentions how the lockers were used to lock up and keep away personal items such as christmas gifts, letters and anything else before the patients could see them and rarely did they get to open and see their things.

Okay i was reading this book... http://www.disabilitym...681&&page;=3 written by one of the previous patients and it mentions somewhere on the second page it mentions that during their may festival thing the would wear costumes and every year after the principle would come down and make them put the costumes in the box she had so she could take them to the attic. just thought that was interesting.

Okay was reading this book... http://www.disabilitym...681&&page;=3 Lost in a dessert world. it was written by one of the patients. I think this was the sweat box..... maybe i don't know i'll read farther and find out...

At my first job (1979) there was a machine similar to this. The MD who owned it was not a radiologist and mainly interested in how much money he could make (the machine was at least 20 years old - and obsolete - in 1979). The scary part is not the machine...

Parts of this photo do look like they could be from an old x-ray machine --- other parts???
FYI = x-ray machines are not dangerous if they are not plugged in, turned on, rotor started, and exposure switch activated. Otherwise x-ray techs (and even housecleaning staff) would not have lengthy careers due to their premature deaths.
Old radiation therapy machines (for treating cancer) could be dangerous if the radiation source has not been removed. Even then, unless the containment system were compromised, they are not dangerous. Employees have to be able to be safe while working around these machines --- positioning patients, cleaning, etc.

Just goes to show ya, if you want it to last forever, tile it...

The floor is probably covered not only with mold but the deteriorated plaster from the ceiling and walls above the tile. Man, that tile lasts forever.

Besides mold spores, the light fixture looks undamaged. It's like a retro museum. Mr. Motts, u need a good respirator for these places.

That crazy pattern on the posts looks like holiday wrapping paper my granny had once a long time ago.