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This would be good for races down the street on quiet nights.

this isn't a chair it's an old amsco 1080 model or table. I could def use parts from thsi table as they are hard to come by these days

CWalters .... lol, are you viewing this site as a mechanic would a junk yard?

Cwalters is correct, it is indeed an Amsco 1080 operating table. These were quite pricey back in its days, and are extremly rare now.
(http://www.medicalrepaircenter.com/tables.htm)

Reminds me of the tables they use in delivery rooms, yes I speak from expierence!

Thats where my recliner went !

lol

what stinks is that medical equipment is soooo dam expensive because its made so well. stainless steel and exacting tolerances. its a shame to see it go to waste

why is it so expensive..and the patient lays on the table?...forecfully...
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what the hell is this for ????

See Cyrus' note above. It's just a surgical/operating table.

I had a spinal fusion surgery done on a table similar to that about 9 months ago..

And wouldn't it make a great kitchen island in the condos up at Danvers State?! (yeah, I'm obsessed with that....sorry)

I believe I have one of these, it called a craftmatic. You can adjust it to any contour that suits you.

this is i would to sit in it

i can imaging lobotamies being done in that

i actually saw this perfectly preserved in one of the rooms

this is scary lookin! i need this for my younger brother!

i wonder how much they go for?.....thats if found!

In the late 50's, early 60's, I lived 1 mile from this insanity. Me and my friends journeyed up a dirt road via bicycle and came upon the living dead masses. It's an image I cannot erase from my memory . . . . and one that has led to my partial insanity . . . . only if you have seen the emptiness in the patients eyes would you know what I am talking about . . . .

I've been working in this field for many a long year and see these people on a daily basis, but I can't say it's done much to impact my psychiatric health status one way or t'other. Are you saying that just by looking at and living near people with severe psychiatric illnesses that you have somehow become "blighted"? Normally it takes a tad more than meeting people with psychiatric illnesses to get one. It's not catching like "cooties." If I were someone with psychiatric issues I would be more than a little put out at your comment, I have to say.

lynne maybe these patients looks werent normal for someone with there disabilites maybe something terrifying

After being in this field since the day the Ark landed on Mount Ararat (or shortly thereafter, most would agree), I think I can safely say that there are few physical/developmental/psychiatric disabilities with which I haven't had some experience or exposure. "Disfigurements" are just part of the external side of a human being. The person is still a human being on the inside. There is nothing inherently scary about looking different, and it hurts people who look different than what most other people look like when they are responded to in such a manner.

The same with psychiatric issues. Having a psychiatric illness doesn't make you contagious or make you change others by your mere presence or look. People don't catch "insanity" by being near others who have psychiatric problems. People who get frightened by looking at those who are different already had their own problems in the first place.

The cruelest and loneliest part of a disability isn't the disability itself - it's how others react to you with their prejudices, fears, and misconceptions. I have worked with people who have had extremely severe craniofacial "abnormalities", and they were some of the gentlest and most loving people with whom I have ever had the pleasure of working.

Many years ago people used to believe that birth defects were caused by the mother looking at something frightening while she was pregnant. I guess I had hoped we had moved beyond that sort of superstitious thinking by now. People with psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disabilities often have enough of their own problems without having to be blamed for causing emotional illness in others.

Lynne,the stigma is still a big problem.Much of it being generated by people who know very little about the subject.Can you imagine what it was like 50 or 100 years ago?

Lynne,
"The Elephant Man", I'm sure you would agree, an excellent movie. Even better books written that go much more into his personality, intelligence, and talent.

Lynne, just because of this site( your knowledge) I have learned much about mental heath and look at things more openly ,and trueiy humbled.You do make a differance (with me). Thank You. See some of us do listen.

Lynne, though it is true you cannot catch a mental illness from meeting a person with a mental illness, I have found that train of thought is contagious. I think it's part of the reason we separate ourselves from people who are unhealthy. I don't see people with problems as something horrible or wrong, I share your beliefs that we need to do alot less stigmatizing, and ostracisizing of those of us who struggle in our human community. I've had my share of issues, and there's crazy stigma attached even today about harmless conditons such as "a.d.d." (Though I think instead of labeling people as a.d.d. so much, I think they should look into a person's past, ie traumatic events can interrupt a person's development of organization.) Anyhoo, I'm just pointing out that part of what is frightening sometimes to people I think in theory, is how we all adopt parts of each other realities, and the possibility of adopting someone else's reality, maybe even seeing things from their perspective. Whatchoo think?

Lynne's right, mentally disabled, disturbed or retarded people are the same as everyone else, just a little different, and they still need respect and love.

I completely agree that being on this site and reading Lynne's comments have strongly influenced my thoughts about people with illnesses and disabilities. Her comments have also really opened my eyes about the people who work with these patients. Thank you, Lynne, for all of your posts.

I agree with Lynne and understand her frustration at society. However, I must also disagree with her and say that I do believe that insanity can, in fact , be contagious... through the power of suggestion, not by any physical means.

The human brain is a very powerful thing often taken for granted. It is amazing what it has the capacity to do and how it can effect the human body. Personally, I am much more terrified by my own brain and what it has the power to do to me than any other outside influence.

Remember folks, the average person only uses about 10% of their brain and the other 90% just lays there dormant. The power of suggestion is a very powerful tool indeed.

There is currently no research that indicates that any form of mental illness is contagious, although there are some people I really wish I could say have driven me over the edge. :-)

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.or.../10%25_of_brain_myth

I think that one of the reasons why we fear these people is that unless you know them well they are very unpredictable. And then there are all those psycho murderer movies...