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I agree with "Megadeth". That's the very first thing I thought of when I saw this shot.

Looks like someone ran out of toilet paper.

What a great archway!

It looks like someone is still living in this particular room, that they still sleep in that bed every night, and stare out that window every day.

this is my room all of you fucks better stay the hell out!!!! i used to be able to smoke my self stupid in those drawers until u heartless asshole pulled them apart.

That's not a hospital room, it's a prison cell.

Wow. It looks like something you'd find in the White House or some wealthy businessman's ritzy estate. Definitely not something you'd find in a psychiatric hospital.

It makes me think of a trip to the gynecologist, for some reason. The gynecologist from hell, of course.

I hate autoclaves. My boyfriend works at a veterinary clinic and he took the liberty of showing me the surgery room, which is also where they keep the autoclave (definitely not as big as these; the vet's autoclave looks like it could be portable). It really creeped me out for some reason.

I have a weak stomach anyway, so thinking about surgical instruments doesn't exactly sit well with me, but the sight of the autoclave really kind of did it for me. And they have such a distinct, sterile, almost suffocating smell to them, even when they aren't in use. *shudders*

I worked behind that counter, in 1978. It was a full service kitchen "serving soup to nuts" as we used to say. It was the best run industrial kit. in N.Y. And the clients very seldom went unhappy...oh for the days when people took care of each other, and pride in their work.

Just ask lynne,she knows everything.

It must've been a great workout, trying to operate one of these babies manually. Kind of like trying to drive a massive car without power steering.

Another Old Sturbridge Village sticker? Someone was a fan, apparently. The turquoise-ish one a couple pictures back had an OSV sticker on it too.

I like that the Emerson company at least made their iron lungs in pretty colors. If you're going to have to be confined to an iron lung, I think it's a nice gesture from the company to try and make it as pleasant as possible. Besides, I like the green one.

How long/tall were they? I can't imagine that people that were exceptionally tall would be able to fit inside an iron lung, unless they were able to have one specially made. Did they even do that? I mean, I'm about six feet tall (ok, I'm 5'11"), and it doesn't look like I'd fit inside that. But maybe it's one of those cases where they look bigger in person? Someone want to help me clear that up?