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What state is it in and what type of facility was it? I have a bunch of pix of different facilities, but I have them sorted by state.

I know this isn't the spot to post this but I'm new and have no idea where to post this. Anyone have any pics of Rolling hills ayslum? I seen it on ghost hunters <yes it has ghosts>. Not sure of the location but they said 1,000 some odd people died there. Just thought I'd ask.

who let the dogs out ?!?!?!! or should I say tree.

I KNOW what you thought you saw..............Shame on you!

:)

I was thinking maybe a dog pin also.

Really nice pics.

Am I looking at this pic wrong... or is there a hole in the ceiling. And, if there is... what IS that up there? I won't tell you all what I thought I saw...

I KNEW I would eventually run across this somewhere:

http://wwww.shop.com/9403146.phtm
http://www.edmond-wheelchair.com/bath_tub_lifts.htm

Although it is entirely possible that what is pictured in this particular pic is duct tape, they actually use safety straps that look like strips of duct tape in some bathtubs that have lifts.

the utica crib looks very form fitting - like you wouldn't be able to turn over or change positions in it at all. just lie on your back for hours staring at the heavy wooden slats. i'm with Lynne - i would prefer being chained up but left with more room to move about....maybe.

Perhaps there was a curtain that could be closed when patients were bathed.

They still use those cribs nowdays...nothing wrong with them, better than the matress on the floor, or being strapped down. It's a crib, no differance than a bed, only an expensive safe way...it's not like those who have the illness can be watched 24/7

Usually, those cribs are for more crippled people, those who are almost veggies. I have a friend who has a brother who has a crib like that, and he is 20 something. the people are pretty much in need in them, they are as helpless as babies.

My dentist, and the nurse type person, like to talk about dogs jumping off of couches onto puppies and 'whatever doesn't kill them only makes them stronger' while they've got little picks poking at my gums.

I didn't share personal information. I was just saying that there are still adult sized cribs in use by some people. *sigh*

It's OK. I have sent their MOTHERS to time out. And WITHOUT their suppers. >:-(

Actually, the item pictured above is not a Utica crib. That is just a large standard hospital crib. A Utica crib (named for the place it was designed - the "New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica") was designed in the 1880s. It was apparently designed for use with manic, agitated patients who needed rest and could not/would stay in their beds to recover. As with most things, it was purportedly developed with the best of intentions, since there were few other options except chains and dungeons, but frankly, I'd take the chains or dungeons over a Utica crib ANY day. [shakes head, sweats, and trembles at the thought]

Even assuming this was the reason it was initially designed, it quickly became seen as an effective way to keep violent or manic patients restrained without using chains, and that was a good PR ploy back then. Because the main way (only way?) of containing people with mental illness up until then had been to chain them to the wall or bed, hospitals fought to look more humane and compassionate, and wanted alternatives to chaining people up. That's where the straightjackets came from. The hospitals were very proud that they could use a straightjacket on a patient, which kept them from hurting themselves and others, yet many still had the freedom to walk around. Hospitals with 1/2 their clientele in straightjackets called themselves "restraint-free", and I suppose compared with chaining them to the wall it IS a step up. Sort of . . . kinda sorta . . .

http://www.uihealthcare.com/dep...stik/utica.html
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Emedhist/dwyer.htm

Also, check out the interesting comments about the Utica crib here:
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omh...archive.htm