444 Comments for St Ebba's Hospital

For sure that's an icepick handle in the handyman toolbox. I wonder if they had the janitors do lobotomies to save money?

See the cam on the right hand side? It will provide a nice rocking motion for the pointy thing clamped into the top of the machine. (see the little clamp handle?).

It's the, wait for it,

the first self-serve lobotomy machine. Welcome to the show my friends.....

i bet that this was used to keep the straight jackets in good order

Hello? Is there anybody out there?

Rib spreader? *shudder*
These photos are so cool, though!

Those are some nice bottles in the background. Did they once contain medicines?

Yes it was all natural light; the windows were not boarded and rather large.

Thanks, nope I didn't take anything.

All those hemostats! There was a time in my life when those were used daily! ;-)

Beautiful, could those be lightening rods on those cone shaped roofs?

Beautiful, looks just like you could walk right in to 1900.

I do love those B&W pics.

I agree, the one on the right, those eyes. They just won't let you go.

C Soapdespenser

My best friend through all of grade school had to wear on of these. She had polio.