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They are temperature control gauges - the nurse or attendant would stand behind the meshed structure and control the water temp and pressure. A closeup can be found here and some discussion about communal showering here (both are from an older gallery).

Pigeons and Nosferatu?

Could Scarlet still use those?

Is that a sheet on the bed? Do bums carry their own sheets with them?

Had a friend who "rescued" an old piano. It was full of roaches

I saw a show once where a hidden camera caught an orderly in a nursing home line up a patients wheelchair a few feet from his bed, then he stomped on the footrest of the chair and the old man flew through the air and landed on the bed. The orderly obviously had been doing it awhile. It's absolutely horrible but I must admit when I first saw it I nearly pissed my pants laughing so hard. I fell bad now. This photo reminds me of that.

That would make a beautiful Christmas card I think

Too cool!

could have been part of Dracula's castle without that silly thing on top

They call those tests "Pulmonary Function Testing". I have to endure them every 3 months. It actually looks rather benign in this photo compared to the hell it puts me through.

Perhaps the lack of privacy here was to deter further masterbatory endeavors, Ed?

Sweed it looks like that was for the gynecological part of the chair session.

Wow. Love the unusual curves! Needs a tiny bit of elbow grease and a quick touch-up of the paint , though. Maybe an hour or two of work in an afternoon?....;-). Anyway, it still kind of makes my stomach lurch to see such beautiful work charred and blackened. Such a waste :-(.

OK, not sure how , errr....."uninformed" this will sound, but ......what are the things in the cage? They look like drinking fountain heads, but....that can't be right....and, too many ,too close together to be sinks. Any ideas?

Awesome Motts! Thanks very much for sharing your time and photos with everyone.