Weekly Obsession: Infirmary Chic

Jul. 30 09

Hospital_beds

Sometimes you just want the quiet comfort of a bay of sick beds, where you can recover from your outbreak of influenza like it’s 1909.  You feel me?

indiana medical history museum

Bright white interiors with sterile glass and metal — all vintage, in different sizes.

infirmary

Maybe you don’t need 6 beds, but two of them make the perfect guest room.  These white iron bed frames scream sterility.

surgeon tools

And don’t forget the artwork and accessories!

red cross buttons

And whatever this is:

dna spinner

(Thanks to the Morbid Anatomy blog’s Flickr photostream for some of these images from the Indiana Medical Hisory Museum!)

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3 Responses to “Weekly Obsession: Infirmary Chic”

  1. evie s. says:

    Haha! This made me smile. :)

    evie s. commented on July 30th, 2009 at 7:30 am

  2. madison says:

    i’m pretty sure that is a vintage centrifuge! it spins around and separates blood and other liquids! it’s so cool in a creepy kind of way.

    madison commented on July 30th, 2009 at 9:22 pm

  3. papernstitch says:

    couldn’t have said it better myself madison… creepy and cool. i think the centrifuge would make for a really interesting vase if your turn the vials upside down.
    -brittni

    papernstitch commented on July 30th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

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