It feels like your teeth have been pulled right out of your mouth right after having such a thing removed, but I've only been in conatct with plastic ones... Have a mold of my teeth somewhere..

My colour-theory teacher brought a box full of 60-70 year old bottles of medicine from the basement of a long un-unused pharmacy for the class to use in a painting assignment, there were many of them with fluid still intact. Varied all the way from mouth-water to fish-oil and various medicines for all kinds of now-non-existing diseases. Was both freaky, disgusting and extremely interesting.

One of the bottles had a curled up bat inside, I thought at first it was a mouse, but then a friend of mine screamed out as she noticed it had wings, ironically enough, the then empty bottle had once been filled with formaldehyde and the bat was very well preserved.

I must say being in an I.V. is not a pleasant experience, I found out this summer after a stomach infection left me dangerously dehydrated, thankfully my I.V. was made of plastic.

That red blotch on the first door instantly made me think "palm-print"... Found this site yesterday, and have just added it to my favourites, truly a fascinating site you have mr. Motts...