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Wash Station

The large basin might of held organs on ice.
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i didnt know heaven looked like this- lol-;p
sister Bones
Fri 02-25-2005
The large wash basin was actually, most likely, used for running out the intestines... The most unpleasant job anyone in the mortuary industry can ever have to undertake, and the job that most often gets handed off to interns, etc.
One doesn't use the larger, stainless steel sink for that. They don't have the proper water pressure, nor do they drain quickly enough.
Talon Godchild
Mon 05-30-2005
I believe its called a Hopper.
silkster40z
Mon 06-06-2005
I like the tiles a lot, they are cute
roxie
Thu 11-10-2005
Dude that is a hopper used in old hospitals to dump stool and urine from bedpans.
bigkev
Fri 12-16-2005
What is that on the wall next to that soap dispenser?
Peaches
Fri 01-06-2006
Definitely a light fixture, Peaches.
Twug
Fri 01-06-2006
Yeah, it's "real neat too"
Peaches
Fri 01-06-2006
hehe, im catching onto this soap dispenser thing now, lol.
Tommeh!!!
Thu 02-23-2006
From this angle it looks like a toilet for obese people but then again its not a toilet.
Andy
Mon 03-06-2006
great shot.so very basic.
jason
Wed 10-04-2006
The wash station needs to be washed.
D.J
Fri 10-20-2006
my it needs to be washed
thy
Sun 03-04-2007
"Hey dude can I get you a beer?"
"Sure."
[digging around]
"Were are they?"
"Under the heart."
"Ahhhhhh now THAT'S a good beer!!!"
Canada
Wed 04-04-2007
Big Pooper for Big BUTTS
Primo777
Sun 05-13-2007
This is most definately a hopper. I'm a nurse and have seen many of these in hospitals and nursing homes. It probably didn't have ice to hold organs, because it basically is a toilet. You can just see the handle at the top to flush it. You wouldn't sit on the hopper, it would be used to empty stool and stuff. The faucet would be used to rinse the container.
NML
Sat 07-14-2007
Where'd the Coors Light go?
JT
Sat 09-29-2007
These "hoppers" are also used at horse tracks for the jockeys to throw up in in the locker room. Jockeys having eating disorders are very common
ChicagoTom
Thu 12-27-2007
In response to Talon's comment about cleaning the intestines, I did a medical rotation at our cities medical examiner's office and assisted with autopsies. We all had to clear the intestines at least once. It's an experience (and smell) one will never forget. The intestines were placed in a large soup pot to transfer to the hopper for cleaning. It was many years before I could make homemade soup again!
SuzyQ
Sun 02-24-2008
im glad there are some intelligent folks that know its a hooper its still used in nursing homes and hospitals today for the cleaning of soiled linens and clothing
jamie
Thu 03-06-2008
There it is ! A Gorilla toilete!
Guitorman
Mon 04-07-2008
Hey Motts, is someone sitting on the floor on the very right of the pic? Cuz I'm pretty sure I see someone's elbow. Well anyway, keep up the great work!
Lostvoice
Sun 07-13-2008
It looks like a toilet which is just wrong. Couldn't they have made it look more like, well not a toilet?
Apple
Tue 02-24-2009
i work in a funeral home, we have a porcelain toilet/sink identical to that one in our morgue, we use it to dispose of bodily fluid and cleaning chemicals during embalming. The metal pieces protect the sides from being chipped if you slide the table over it with it tipped too low. Its designed that way so when the table is angled, any fluid will drain directly into it, all you need to do it to shift the table over it.
interested party
Sun 08-23-2009
cool way to get rid of Thanksgiving leftovers - WHAT AM I SAYING?!?!
eldokid@aol.com
Fri 03-12-2010
The toilet/sink is used to flush things that are to big to go down a regular toilet. Nursing homes and hospitals use them to clean bed sheets that have a lot of poop,blood or vomit on them before they go through a washer. they're usually called hoppers
Pam
Fri 08-13-2010
Organs on ice.....is that a show that consists of figure skating people dressed as organs?
Steve
Thu 09-09-2010
Back in the day when my dad was in the army he worked at Walter Reed for a while in the morge so he knows what it's like cleaning colons.
12baumarobi
Thu 02-03-2011
USADO PARA ESGOTAR TODO O CONTEÚDO DOS INTESTINOS!
AMARILDO JÚNIOR
Thu 02-10-2011
Well I'm gonna lose weight now because after all the descriptions of what this is used for I can't eat anything! Especially not spaghetti!
Dark-Star
Fri 01-18-2013

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