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Is this a picture of the famous "room of blood" I hear so much about? I grew up in the area, and Paul Dever is about 5 mins away from my house. I went in there for the first time yesterday, searching for the Morgue and the "room of blood" we all have heard of.
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Thnx for posting the unusual find! That's quite a piece of history. The article notes it was used on the advanced patients that were in really bad shape. TB patients could get red eyes from coughing very hard all the time. It would burst the vessels in their eyeballs. Anything that could stop lung action was very welcome. This device looks more promising than some of the really radical procedures used. In one treatment, very invasive surgery would disconnect the muscles from the lung entirely. Heavy blood loss and the devastating nature of that procedure would often kill the PT. That thing might look wacky now, but it was better than the disease or some of the radical surgeries.

No telling what's in the jar. Did you taste it to find out?
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Rare to find a place that isn't completely ransacked or looks broken down. Most everything's in pretty nice shape. <Darth> Impressive. </Darth>
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Very interesting and as others have said its great to have some history with the pictures. Its fascinating to learn about medicine and procedures from years ago. It also is a bir creepy to see something like that sitting in a jar. I always look forward to seeing new galleries here. I also enjoy all the comments. Hi Debbie, I hope to see you here again soon.
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Thanks for sharing another experience with us, Mr. Motts! Awesome as usual!
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Oh, well that sounds much beter Rekrats
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Love it.
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My brother and I researched this place for a while and he said that this campus was almost like a city and there was TONS upon TONS of thing around. Is this true??
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Seems cozy...
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You can tell this was a fancy place. I mean look! They have a fence around the roof!
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This looks much older than 1909. I'm not really sure why.
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Something about these pictures just freaks me out. It's not even anything all that scary. Just the fact that there were people in it, i guess.
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It does look like something or someone is in front of the door.(Or a ghost) Its a cool picture though....and all the light coming through the windows it does appear the lights are on though I'm sure they weren't......great pic as always Motts.
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hey daniel ryan,i think i went to camp with you.yes the cops keep a close eye on the place and there are cameras by the tool shed
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Dare you guys to step inside of it and stand in there with your eyes close and see if you teleport anywhere :P