Hydrotherapy Hallway

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Well now you know where tubs go to die. You've stumbled on the once mythical Hydrotherapy tub graveyard.

Big ED

Sat 07-01-2006

Love the vines coming in the window! Motts I swear you should win an award for "Best Titles".

Jude

Sat 07-01-2006

But remember, Jude, every time he gets an especially clever one, folks take him literally and get all corn-fused. 8`-)

Lynne

Sat 07-01-2006

These things must have weighed a ton. Imagine having to cart them to storage..

Weebs

Sat 07-01-2006

Goodness knows we don't want a bunch of confuzzled peeps here. Besides me, (not ~Me), that is. :-)

I agree Weebs, a LOT of heavy lifting would have been involved!

Jude

Sun 07-02-2006

Think of all the patients that were involuntarily placed in this tub. Think of all the patients that were placed in here and they didn't even realize it due to their mental state.

InSearch

Sun 07-02-2006

Poor wretches. not a nice way to spend the day.

aroha

Mon 07-03-2006

i really can imagine him getting that award. Hilarious image. They would be giving it away in some abandoned asylm randomly picked out of a hat.

Yes Yes.

I agree the vines are cool. Why did they put the tubs in the hallway?

Sam

Wed 07-05-2006

It makes me feel sorry for the poor saps who carted these out into the hallway only to have them left behind anyway.

It's almost like you are out in the woods and came across this scene.

reddll

Wed 07-05-2006

Ahhh....this hallway is just screaming relaxation.....

Jen

Wed 07-05-2006

that is the scariest looking bath tub ive ever seen !

Chel

Mon 07-17-2006

Those things look HEAVY! And what could have tipped the one in the very back over on its side like that?

Shyria

Tue 07-18-2006

seems heavinly and kind heavy i wouldnt wanna carry that thing it also loooks like is a shock bath then again i dont know nuttun

dark jester

Thu 07-20-2006

There is no such thing as a "shock bath", at least in the medical field.

Motts

Thu 07-20-2006

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.

grace

Mon 07-31-2006

they had hydrotherapy tubs right next to eachother privacy issues although they did similar with the showers in assylums....

Tom

Mon 08-21-2006

While in many places they had multiple hydrotherapy tubs in the same room, in this particular case the equipment has been dragged into the hallway. It would be rather impractical for a number of reasons to use a hallway as a hydrotherapy room.

Lynne

Mon 08-21-2006

what an amazing photo...and such a strange hallway... love the vines wriggling through what's left of the windows

AidanB

Wed 09-13-2006

dragged out by the local youth...presumably to try and break up and sell for scrap.lol.....they are cast iron

Juicy Fruit

Mon 11-13-2006

before the tore down danvers state hospital in mass we took a hydro therapy bed....they are worth a fortune to collectors of strange things
trust me if those are still there get one outta there and market it you will make a fortune gotta love this world and its obsessions with possibly possessed shit

Insurch

Thu 11-23-2006

I love those tubs. Wonder if they have the claw feet. Can you get me one, Mr. Motts.

nevermore

Tue 04-03-2007

I`ll show you my clawed feet..............hahahahahahahah

Juicy Fruit.

Wed 05-02-2007

So,......how many channels does that thing get?

C-Note

Mon 05-14-2007

Have you ever explored anything in West Virginia?

Down South

Wed 06-27-2007

Only the state hospital in Weston so far...

Motts

Wed 06-27-2007

I love the arched ceiling. I take it this was a connecting hallway between buildings? The windows on both sides seem to be facing outside, if that makes sense. Kind of like a breeze-way

Taubin

Sat 11-17-2007

they are still here, but what an earth their are doign in the hall way nobody knows, apart from the people who put them i suposeds

ilikesmokingmyweedyahooco

Thu 01-03-2008

"Shock bath" Howard Stern takes a bath.....or
Howard Stern gets a divorce....
Shockbath.

Patrick

Tue 03-11-2008

OMG I LOVE the plants coming in through the window.

Xaviah

Sat 05-02-2009

Sometimes funny what people think of psychiatries. There have been bad treatments in the very past (and atmittedly still there are some that are not comfortable) but could you imagine that there has been treatment for the "poor and wretches" that really had the aim to *help* poeple who are *ill*. Just as Grace said - hydrotherapy isn´t torture ;)
I mean no one would call a medical hospital a hellish place just because beeing *physically* ill and many treatments aren´t comfortable.

Sorry for off-topic, it´s just the idea of an "shockbath" that amuses me a bit.

Violet

Tue 02-01-2011

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Date Shot:	May 2006	Image ID#:	4040
Date Posted:	Sat, July 1st 2006	Camera:	Canon 5D

Location Name:	Hellingly Hospital
Current Status:	Being demolished or renovated
Built:	1897	Closed:	1994
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Location Age:	115 years	Abandonment:	18 years

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