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why is there so much muck on the floors? did the ceilings fall in?
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dear god this is one of weirdest feelings ive had while looking at a photo.
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it is hard to believe this was once a flourishing place of healing. i imagine some strange things went on there as well.
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this is so weird. why was all the stuff just left everywhere? was it closed down without notice or was there a fire or something? just curious.
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Thanks, this is in fact in the U.S.
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i happened upon your site a few minutes ago. i must say wow. the feeling these photos emit is unreal. very creepy, yet totally captivating. am i right to assume this isnt in the US?
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This is such an awesome find! They did several treatments for TB that nowadays seem barbaric...we think how did they think that would possibly work. But they didn't have anything else. They used to remove ribs also thinking it would give the lung more room to expand. Thanks Mr Motts for the history on the machine. You always give us as much info as you can on the wonderful things you discover.
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Interesting read, thanks
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First of all, that was all just crazy - to think that these days, such a device STILL survives inside one of these buildings...?! Secondly, what has been keeping me returning to this site, aside from your awesome photographs, is the knowledge and history you take the time to provide us all with. Outstanding work, sir! Finally, that chunk of whatever inside that jar was outright nasty - you gotta wonder if it really was some amount of TB infested lung chunk...YIKES!
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What a procedure.
It seems pretty horrific to "rest" a lung.
I wonder what the success rate was.
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TAPS is at Pennhurst now doing and investigation and the Lionsgate will be filming a Horror movie on the property as well
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TB in a bottle, mmmmmmmm
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wow, thats just crazy to "rest a lung" neat find.
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@ another Pearl looking light bulb! Thats cool!
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Ferdy, i was wondering if anyone would notice that! Thats what i thought when i looked at this for the first time.