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love the picture the mourgue was such a scary experience because me and my cousin did not know it was a mourgue so we sat on the drawers and later that night we did some research and found out it was the mourgue i was so in shock to think i was sitting on something dead children was on =[ i was so sad

the night i enetered the fogarty building i was with like 8 other people who were a bunch of scared bitchess so we ended walking right by the x ray room so i was really pissed

wish i got a chance to see this..

i remember the first time i ever saw this building in person and i was so intrested in it and when i finally got the chance to go in it i was so amazed!

It appears to be from the late 30s, maybe early 40s. They're not worth a fortune, but they aren't bad either.

Danvers during the day time, with the windows unboarded, the shades up and curtains back was not all that grim a place to be. That particular hallway at night with only the nightlights on was a spooky place to be. I never had any paranormal experiences there, but others did. Motts photo is one that lends it the haunted look. It wasn't that bad. We kept the lights on in most of the floors without patients on them due to the fact there was quite a bit of movement by staff during the night.. Mott's photos lend the place a dignity that it never really aspired to in the last 50 years. By the time I worked there the glory days of DSH were long past. They were long past when my father started working there in 1948

What the mesh didn't stop was people throwing themselves down stairs. Happened a few times. The mesh did prevent bad hops through the railings into free space. So when ever possible one staff person walked in front, and one behind known suicidal patients going between floors

The x-ray reading probably came from the fact a person reacted to a PPD test. It's a test where they see if you've been exposed to TB. X-ray's are taken to see if the TB is active. Either that or the person has an allergic reaction to the injection, and needs an x-ray to test for exposure.

PPD stands for plasma protien derivative I believe. A small amount is injected just under your skin leaving what looks like a mosquito bite. If the bite goes away in a 48 hours no problem. If it gets bigger and looks inflamed the presumption is that you've been exposed to the disease enough so your system has built up antibodies to it. Afterwards you need a yearly chest x-ray to see if you have active TB. Or you could be allergic to it and your arm could blow up like a ballon. It happened to a good buddy of mine.

I've walked down that corridor. Actually it looks better now than when it was closed up and dark.

Amazing. Patients were at one time threatened with ECT (without sedative or muscle relaxant) if they were being disruptive. Hopefully that doesnt happen these days!

I worked in this hospital for a few months in the early 1970s. It's a medicine cupboard on a ward. The word 'poison' is to keep patients from trying to open it.

In those days most wards were locked (acute admissions wards are still locked today) and there were 'side rooms' (padded cells, effectively) where patients who were uncontrollable were locked for the protection of other patients. This might be one of them. I'm not quite sure how far things have progressed by today, to be quite honest.

Two words: Hulk Smash!

No dude, OBVIOUSLY it's a Baby Blender 3000.

If there was a name, that's a good thing, because the box next to "Negative for Tuberculosis" has been checked. Yay for that person. :)