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Black Mold in Black Places

The x-ray machine.
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Motts, has a respirator.....I hate mold...
Tony C.
Wed 09-19-2007
This is very creepy.
Debbie
Wed 09-19-2007
Chilly lookin place...
Weebs
Fri 09-21-2007
Creepy. Think about all the body's that have been on that thing.....brrrrr.
Canada
Mon 09-24-2007
oh man seeing this late at night just gave me the chills!
Joe
Tue 09-25-2007
Absolutely fabulous!
Michele
Wed 09-26-2007
I don't know why, but it never seems right that these things are left where they are O.o
Gee
Thu 09-27-2007
It's an old tomograph. Hopelessly obsolete. Unless you're flat broke, you just use a CT these days.
StPaul
Sat 09-29-2007
It's a great contrast though. The machine is still fairly white while every wall is the black brown color of decay.
Kristiara
Mon 10-01-2007
wow.

this is not a good picture to look at when you're about to go to sleep.
(:
Apple.
Tue 10-02-2007
Hey, y'know it's funny (or not) - someone spent a lot of money on this once upon a time, and now it's just kind of hanging out, all deserted in this nasty mouldering place.
girlJaye
Thu 10-04-2007
I bet this place smelled.
Sara B.
Fri 10-05-2007
Sure hope you didn't inhale...
Nemorov
Mon 10-08-2007
Old xray machines contain PCBs
Dave
Sun 10-14-2007
I love this picture. It looks like some one just up and left it.
Spooky.
Sun 10-21-2007
If this isn't a deterrent against the use of wallpaper, nothing is.
Erin
Sun 10-28-2007
the night i enetered the fogarty building i was with like 8 other people who were a bunch of scared bitchess so we ended walking right by the x ray room so i was really pissed
Joelle
Mon 11-05-2007
that looks like a prop that is in my room in a haunted house! very creepy
Ducky
Sat 11-10-2007
Machines have proper names (like 'Joe' & "jane' and they have feelings.This one is very lonely and a little scared,though I guess it serves it right.You gave it 15 minutes of new fame.
Guitorman
Tue 12-18-2007
i recently have discovered the room with this machine in it but sadly all the parts to it are no longer there... just the base of it... =[
joelle
Tue 02-26-2008
such an expensive piece of equipment!
what a shame

A lot of this places are gorgeous, so much potential if age was well to them.
Christa C
Thu 08-28-2008
that picture is amazing!!
monkey
Sun 09-07-2008
How long ago were these pictures taken? They are very good but these buildings look like they are in much better condition than when I was there 2 years ago. When I went in the fogarty building it looked and felt like it would fall down on our heads any minute.
K
Fri 12-19-2008
The tomogram is the picture; the tomograph is the apparatus; and tomography is the process. An apparatus in which the x-ray tube and film are moved in opposite directions during an exposure so that only a single plane of tissue remains in focus during the exposure. Other planes above and below are blurred by the motion.
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 03-31-2009
There is no evidence of this system having any tomographic capabilities. I assume this was concluded because of the position of the x-ray tube however all systems (including a floor mounted radiographic room which is what this is) have a bearing behind the tube so that the tube can be rotated and pointed to another receptor. i.e. a wall stand for chest x-rays or certain table bucky/table top studies. This is not a terribly old system (less than 25 years) with an elevating table. There are thousands of systems this vignt or older still in service across the US
Matthew M
Tue 08-04-2009
I love seeing all the older medical equipment. It makes you really think about how far technology has come. The equipment may be different but the general idea is still the same.
rmf
Thu 12-03-2009
I so agree w/matthew m on this pic! i so wanna take my pic w/this! =D
Dawn
Tue 01-12-2010
I agree with Matthew M. This is not a tomography machine. The tomography machine I worked on in the late 1970's didn't have a ceiling mount so that the arm holding the x-ray tube could swing back and forth.
This is a general x-ray table for any exam where the patient needs to lie down. My clinic replaced one similar to this just four years ago. It was replaced only because we went "digital" (no film).
Annabelle19
Sun 11-21-2010

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