• Posibility of Exploring Trenton?
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I've always been intrigued by the abandoned wings of the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, but due to the fact that the place still operates today and has constant police presence (Forensics, where people who plead insanity are kept, very sad), I've been trying to find out if it were possible to obtain a permit, or permission from a caretaker. I was hoping to get the opportunity to visit before the wing inevitably gets demolished, but I don't know if there are any options. In case you're wondering why, [url=http://www.opacity.us/gallery232_steam.htm]here's some shots of the interior.[/url] I'd like some advice on how to proceed with this, if possible. [editline]value[/editline] Also here's some troubling history from the gallery page: [quote]In 1907, a new medical director had improved patient care at the hospital by abolishing the use of mechanical restraints and instituting daily staff meetings to discuss hospital affairs. He also began to encourage the theory of infection-based psychological disorders - that all human disease was caused by infection, including insanity (developmental disorders, insanity, alcoholism, and other kinds of illnesses were often considered to be "diseases" during these years). The rampant tooth decay at the hospital spurred the doctor to perform many dental procedures in hopes to cure the patient by removing the source of the illness. Tooth extractions soared in the 1920s to an average of about 10 per admission, giving the hospital the nickname "Mecca of exodontias." If the patient was not cured after one or more tooth extractions, the doctor sought sources of infection in the tonsils and sinuses, performing a tonsillectomy if needed. Other organs were targeted if still no results surfaced; colons, spleens, stomachs, gall bladders, cervices, ovaries and testicles were continuously suspected and surgically removed. An reported 85% cure rate astonished hospital superintendents and the entire medical field, but these numbers were not accurate by any means. An investigation was launched in 1925 after some concerns were voiced about the doctor's work - over 2,186 surgical operations had been performed under his direction by one estimate. After finding wards full of patients without teeth (and as a result couldn't speak or eat well), along with chaotic record keeping, a public hearing was held. The doctor fell ill during the hearing, and after being excused and having several of his own teeth removed, he pronounced himself cured and opened his own private hospital until he died in 1933. The case never reopened, and death rate of his many unnecessary operations are estimated to be near 45%.[/quote] The doctor's name is [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cotton_%28doctor%29]Henry Cotton[/url]
How did I miss this thread earlier? I'll try to get in there for you. Are there plans to demolish or you are just saying it's bound to happen?
Thanks for replying, it's certainly bound to happen and the place is rather untouched from what I've seen. It would be a privilege to see it for myself but I feel as though I'm running out of time, and I won't find an opportunity to go in the near future.
This is right by an abandoned apartment building too, something else I've been scoping out. [video=youtube;M9_b2FsdU7I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9_b2FsdU7I[/video] I came across this video some one else made of the place.
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