1,315 Comments for Hellingly Hospital

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I wear a proper mask around friable asbestos in non-ventilated areas. The mold gets to me every now and then, but it's usually just a stuffy nose for a few days.

My personal methods should not be confused with a safe method of preventing asbestosis, toxic mold, or any other airborne disease.
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meet george jetson.....jane his wife....doo doo dooo doooo...
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oh wow! pretty!
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Looks a bit like an auditorium with a little stage.
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sort of looks like that chair from pee wees playhouse.
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Motts, how do you deal with the mold in places like this? I guess you wear a mask? Anything specific you could say about what health precautions you have to take in a setting like this would be really interesting to me.
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Nifty spider webs, they add the perfect touch :-) haha
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Neat, I would have to jump in and say that I like and am intruiged by the curtains, its always interesting to see details like curtains left behind in these places.
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interesting photograph..I like how many different colors and textures and details there are, isabeats, I like your title idea haha
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Of course such asylums were not nearly as grim when in operation. In fact, they had many advantages over modern mental hospitals.
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I've used hydrotherapy at home to treat acute anxiety. Soaking in a tub of cold water works best: It induces a mild, relaxing hypothermic state. Provides pleasant relief when one is extremely anxious. It's a pity shrinkers abandoned such treatment -- which can be patient-controlled and thus empowering -- for drugs that have side effects and can even be addictive.
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Xander, I am always curious where people get their information, such as "some hundred patients that were misdiagnosed by a time in which much was mistaken for insanity." Is there somewhere I can go to see this information? I haven't run across anything quite that concrete yet, and since I am working on an informal history of the field, that would be very helpful. Thanks in advance for any references you can provide.
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The laughter of the insane danced acrossed that ceiling. Mingled with the weeping of some hundred patients that were misdiognosed by a time in which much was mistaken for insanity.
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Such a grand room. It's a wonder that the room survived so well. Just think of the unfourtunate (Insane) souls that spent their time in that room...sends a shiver down your spine.
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thanks ... ill look for it