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Was the little lead apron hanging on a nearby peg?
Mnementh
Fri 06-10-2005
Nah, this was one of the few things left in the entire place.
Motts
Wed 06-15-2005
From the looks of it, I'd say that has to be a dental X-Ray
Murphy
Tue 11-22-2005
Most likeley it is, looks exactally like the one they put up to the side of my face. Ugh I hate the dentist.
Jo
Tue 11-22-2005
Wow and I thought it was a security camera.
Andy
Fri 01-27-2006
I wonder how much you could sell this for.......*hint hint*
geekspeek
Fri 02-17-2006
is there not a radiation risk from this unserviced xray equipment.....be carefull motts
chopsuey
Mon 05-22-2006
There is definitely radioactive material in most X-RAY machines, but one would assume they remove it when the machine is no longer active. I really can't imagine they would leave something like that behind. Most machines in the UK that have been abandoned have some kind of notice though that the dangerous materials have been removed.
Keith
Fri 05-26-2006
remember the brazillian clinic when they left the isotopes in a machine and kids got it all out and took it back to thier village and shared out the stuff to thier friends and they played with the "magic glowing stuff"
chopsuey
Sun 05-28-2006
There is no radioactive material in x-ray machines.
It is an x-ray tube (artificial radiation generator).
chris
Tue 05-30-2006
maybe it was a radiotherapy machine
chopsuey
Wed 05-31-2006
i knew i hadnt imagined it... look up goiania clinic brazil on google.... they even made a film about it called cesio 137.
chopsuey
Wed 05-31-2006
wanna know a little sumtin? if you chip at the walls you will find what is refered to as "3lb sheet lead" as in 3lbs per sq.ft. it,s pretty common in X-ray areas....even today
The PLUMBER
Wed 05-31-2006
only teletherapy units ( for gamma rays) contain Co-60 X-ray machines do not. X-rays cannot be produced in nature
Brad
Fri 06-02-2006
there is no lead sheilding. the walls are painted with barium(absorbes radiation) You don't need lead sheilding for roentgendiagnostic machines
Brad
Fri 06-02-2006
I have 4 working x-ray machine assembled by myself and I can assure you that neither one contains radioactive material.Only SOME doors are sheilded with lead foil. X-rays are strictly man-made , no radioactive isotopes needed.
Brad
Fri 06-02-2006
why do they give you a lead lined apron to wear if your in a xray area?
chopsuey
Sat 06-03-2006
X-rays use radiation and lead protects your body from the radiation. The walls of an X-Ray room are also lined with lead. Lead is very dense, and cheaper and more available. Look at this site for more information:

http://www.leadinfo.com/ARCH/rad.html
CAS
Sat 06-03-2006
right now im proper confused and i wish id never mentioned it now.......im off.
chopsuey
Sun 06-04-2006
I'm sorry chopsuey... :( I wished I could explain it better. Maybe someone could make it a little less confusing... please.
CAS
Sun 06-04-2006
only in therapy rooms walls are lined with lead. in x-ray diagnostic the beam is very weak. Belive me, I am a radiologist so I do not say stupid things( sorry for mistakes I made when writing, I am from Germany and I dont speak English wery well)
brad
Mon 06-05-2006
And , by the way, barium is less expensive than lead, here in Germany, all walls are covered in barium sulphate(the stuff that a radoiologist gives you to drink when x-raying your stomach
brad
Mon 06-05-2006
cas, no blame lays at your door, you explained it very well..
chopsuey
Wed 06-07-2006
It is a dental x-ray. That room itself had more interesting stuff in it than most of the hospital, manly because the layout of this one room took forever to look around in. The room itself was only 20x30 feet, but was partitioned to make seperate dental examination rooms
Dennis_C
Thu 07-13-2006
I don't know how it is in other parts of the world, but in U.S. hospital where I work in maintanance, all X-ray rooms are lined with lead walls, floors, doors, and ceilings. That building was built in 1983. In our older building's X-ray dept (1949) the walls were also lined with lead at time of construction though we don't use that area for x-ray anymore.
Pat
Wed 11-08-2006
I remember seeing something about the Brazilian case, originally they were stripping it down for the lead shielding & found a load of glowing blue dust.
Richard Davies
Sat 04-14-2007
Yeah, all of those glass partitions are smashed out now, as are the windows.
Mad Dawg
Sun 06-24-2007
Which floor was x-ray on in Hilltop?
Benz Boy 903
Sun 01-06-2008
This is just dental, not x-ray. But i think both are on the second floor. Mad Dawg can say better my memory fails me often...
Scarecrow
Sun 01-13-2008
I think its a shame that these completely intact buildings are left to just deteriorate and whatever is left inside is destroyed by vandals.
Melissa
Tue 01-29-2008
X-ray was one floor down on the main lobby floor in the north wing. If you took the main stairs up to the lobby, hung a right, and walked down the hall to the northeast wing, it was right down that hall on the left...

GOOD GOD, I CAN'T FORGET EVEN THE SMALLEST DETAILS!!!
Mad Dawg
Sun 04-20-2008
MOOOLAH
\trevs
Mon 03-23-2009
I'll take this machine. Sure is a waste, as there are many private hospitals stuggling to make ends meet, and need new equipment. This could go to some facility thats in need.
Shawn
Mon 08-17-2009
I agree, Shawn. Seeing these galleries kind of ticks me off, in the sense of all that excessive government waste. There are clinics that work in underdeveloped nations that would LOVE to have this unused, outdated equipment donated for their work. What the heck.
NikonFreak
Tue 11-03-2009
I would be playing with that thing... Really cool snapshot though. And yes, it would be more for fascination than actually playing per se.

And yes, X-Rays can be radioactive. Albeit as far as a radioactive source involved, no. There isn't. But it still can be radioactive. I remember when my brother hurt his ankle and we had to get x-rays. In the hallway where the x-ray room was, there was a simple folding footstool sitting there. In black marker it actually read: "RADIOACTIVE. DO NOT STEAL." Someitmes I laugh when I think about it...
Urban Chaotic Master
Mon 09-24-2012

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