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When there was an electrical storm the hospital would have all of us iron lung patients moved into a huge room where nurses sat, one per iron lung, and waited until the power went off. The room was bathed in a yellowish light. The hospital generator would not power the iron lungs, but just some lights.

The nurses would run to the foot of the iron lungs and disengage the bellows linkage and start pumping the bellows by hand.

But the time between when the power went off until she started pumping (abt. 45 seconds) was like a lifetime for us. The room filled with the sound of many clicking tongues because that is the only noise you can make when you can't breathe to talk.

Sounded like a room full of chickens!! lol

You could feel your heart beating but until she started breathing you, there was about 30 seconds to 45 seconds of sheer terror.

Then the nurse would start pumping and in would rush that wonderful breath you needed.

Awesome memory for me.

I have just read an article on the internet about (thorazine). As a result i am
now too scared to take any more and am twice
as paranoid as i was before i started. You just can't win can you. I am requesting a consultation with my Psychiatrist to change
to a more modern neuroleptic as they are more selective so i'm told. it's a tricky dilemma
to be in actually.
www.sntp.net/drugs/thorazine.htm

Navi and Long Island Irish, the coffin liner in this day and age is metal, used for vault burials, and when transporting a casketed body or putting someone with an infectious disease in the ground. The concrete liner would be the grave liner itself into which the coffin is lowered. For a coffin of this age, maybe the liner was another simple wooden box, or could have been metal sheeting.

So, is that a shadow ghost, or part of the movie or a trick of the lighting???

PS. an iron lung weighs 800 pounds

Doesnt look like a hydro tub to me. Just looks like a normal tub and shower. Hydro tubs of that era usually had like a headboard attached with various gauges and dials, and a fixation point for canvas sheeting over the top.

Hey people! We really are out here you know. I had Polio at age 5 in 1953 and was paralyzed all over at first. I relearned walking and use of my right arm and hand. I have slept in the iron lung almost 54 years now. My grandad made equipment so I can get into and out of it by myself.
In 2000 I had to buy a new one (($9000) and now it looks like I coulda had one free..isn't that life!
The negative pressure ventilation is the reason I'm alive. It is natural like real breathing, and does not force air into your lungs through hoses that can cause lung infections.

I have a pic of me in my lung from '53 if anyone if anyone wants a copy.
Mars

It looks so lonely

I see a representation of THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

OH MAN, This is TOO MUCH, JUST TOO MUCH. I love it.

Yeah Grace, I tried to find it. Wish I could have seen it. I love the crosses on each point on this one. The building with the crosses against the sky, great contrast.

AH!!! The colors; the brown and grey of the bricks climbing to the green moss on a grey roof, then the blue of the sky with just a touch of white clouds. Then the vertigo.

Nathan, YES, YES, YES. Thats what I wonder in every piece of Mr. Motts' work. Motts, you are a GREAT ARTIST. DaVinci has nothin' on you. You are a modern day DaVinci with camera in hand.

Stormy, don't feel bad, I missed the gargoyles until it was brought it to attention. Thank you sir. Did anybody notice the itty bitty windows way up top??? Mr. Motts, I can't get any perspective on just how big they were. Can you tell me? Wish you could have gotten into that tower. Just like i'd like to go up to the Torch of the Statue of Liberty. As far as I know, it's only given to a chosen few. Mr. Motts, have you been up there?? Have you thought about documenting it??? It's a national treasure. Agreed, It's not in disrepair but it could be gone in the twinkleing of an eye. Think about it. And with your Photography, like no other!!!! AND WHAT ABOUT ELLIS ISLAND??? For us that can't get there. PLEASE???????????

When I first looked at this, I took a deep breath and said outloud, OH MY GOD. I can say no more.