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It would be awfully hard to take a poo with all that porcelain in the way!

looks more like a chinese cook than a doctor.
"come here little girl.... and so I can cook you in my seafood salad"

back then all cerebral palsy, downs syndrom and deformed children used to be institutionalized from birth

after reading old charts I found that many patients were put in these facilities for:

having baby unmarried
stealing
rape victims
"hysteria" (PMS now)
any level of brain damaged child

I worked at tewksbury state and saw some old cement floor rooms with a drain in the center. I was told that some of the patients (severely impaired) were hosed down daily in this room and bowls of food slid in becuase they did not want to get near them. they could not keep clothes on them,

just beautiful

i also see fire in the back ground, nice pic

wtf? lol

? maybe the insulin stored here for the shock therapies as it had to be refrigerated

I just stumbled upon your webpage, today
& I have to say- I'm so speechless with some of your shots.
thankyou so much, I'd love to do what you do!

what type of camera do you use??

Thanks for the wallpaper Motts. Its such a wonderful picture. It looks like those chairs are in the same spot they were last left when they closed the place. Its like a band of chairs all together just waiting for someone to sit in them. They look so lonely really. Its almost sad in some ways ......Its werid when you see the curtians all gone too. All torn up. Just think this was a very busy place at one time.......some thoughts to ponder..........

The caption describes it perfectly

My ambulance company still responds to calls to this building. The place is creepy is Hell at night, and I normally have all of the flood lights on, especially since half of the remaining buildings are empty or inactive and it's easy to get lost.

The loops under the parallel bars were not restraints - how could someone learn to walk when their hands were secured?? They merely helped extend the bars for people who had different skills.