2,646 Comments for Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital

Perhap Hannibal Lechter was inspired from a patient from this place...

Wow, I can't believe how much standards have risen...

It looks like a child used this at one point in time

So, styrofoam does last forever...

I still own a wheelchair similar to this one. Had a ton-o-fun carting girls around the college campus in it!! Always a topic of conversation. I'm now thinking of selling it. Giddy-up! Interested buyers in US (near Chicago): mmcclure@gmx.de

Yes, the photo is a supporting lift. It was used to help transfer patients to different area of the hospital. The modern day terminology is now called a "Hoyer Lift."

This area is where patients go for fresh air and sunshine. It is called a "solar room". Solar meaning "sun."

What you are visualizing is nothing more than a vest restraint. We used them a lot where I worked as a registered nurse. I worked in a hospital. They do not use these kinds of restraints anymore. Nor do they use chemical restraints. These vests were dangerous to a patient due to suffocation and other risk factors.

So much for patient confidentiality. That would be a medical taboo into today's society. I absolutely love these sites about abandoned buildings. They seem to hide a myriad of secrets.

what's on them

Lokks like a baby bottle.

this definitely gives a somber, sad, cold and institutionalized mood...excellent

Yes; I managed to get the interior of the Kirkbride building before it was purchased for tours... I was a bit disappointed at the sterility of it, and enjoyed the exteriors much more.

I agree it looks like low income apartments today.

Too bad they are exposed, it would be awesome to see what was on them!