3,485 Comments for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)

There are still a few hangout rooms left, you just need to know where to look. I know of a couple in N-8.

Yeah, it's a shame that there will no longer be hangout rooms like this, =(. But anyways, anyone know why I can't log in to the forum?

But instead of the Mad Hatter & the March Hare you'll have to settle for Radical Ed in the background pouring his beer.

Never thought of it that way, but yeah it does remind me of the tea scene...now that I can see the Mad Hatter sitting there pouring Alice some tea... Nice reference, Talon!

"A very happy unbirthday to you!"

Anyone but me getting strange shades of Alice In Wonderland?

PuP I went one time I was so scared I didn't go back
but now my son wants to go he is 15. I am
scared to take him

This place is very scary I wonder how many peop;e died
in this hospital?

Actually "et cetera" is abbreviated as "etc." not "ECT"
Just thought I'd let you know.
:D

Over here in England, there have not been latches on freezer/refridgerators for years. I have heard of people being accidentally suffocated in them. On commercial"walk in" freezers, there is a push bar on the inside which lets you out should you accidentally become trapped inside.

Hi, I'm Spanish, I'm studing Nursing and I need to know, who was inventor of autoclave. Can you help me please?

She's right. If we told you we'd just have to shoot you afterwards, and we don't need that sort of thing hanging over our heads. :-(

Im sorry Alex... but thats top secret information.

Here are some articles on eye implants. The 2nd article is a reprint from the Wall Street Journal.

http://mednews.stanfor...r/shorttake_let.html

http://www.atvcapital.com/news.php?id=96

And here is an article on a device, as Dr. Sketch said, that was developed in Switzerland.

http://www.swissinfo.o...=511&sid=4415302

My memory regarding the surgery taking place in Scotland must have been inaccurate.

Working from memory here. There was an experimental surgery performed where a chip was inserted somewhere along the path of the optic nerve. The patient in question had been blind for several decades. The doctors had determined that the back end of the optic nerve was functional but that the point somewhere between where light enters the cornea and then gets tranlated into a signal that the brain understands was not functioning. The chip provided rudimentary translation of these light signals for the brain.

The patient was able to identify letters of the alphabet when they were 6-8 inches tall on a monitor. Color perception was nil and the patients perception was sharpest when it was bright white letters on a black screen. Truly remarkable given that the patient had been 100% blind.

As it was experimental surgery the chips were eventually removed. I do not know what has transpired since in this area. I was thinking that the surgery took place in Scotland rather than Switzerland but again, I'm working from memory here.

I'm going to be serious for a brief minute here... I do remember reading an article a while back that a blind person elected to undergo surgery (note, that means he did it by choice) to have his eyes (that didn't work anyway) replaced with cameras, to see if he would be able to see or not... I don't imagine they ended up going through with it though, or it would have been bigger news... But that wasn't here, if I remember correctly it was in Switzerland.

Lynnie hun, I don't think fedzie-poo wants to play with us anymore... He's the only one I know of who likes to mate with animals... :D