This picture has baffled people on the internet

This baby squashed into a plastic tube is not what you expect… 

This unnamed baby is undergoing medical tests and this device is actually an X-ray machine.

The machine is called a Pigg O Stat, and has been produced for the medical field since the 1960s.

Manufacturers describe it as 'an all-in-one pediatric immobilization device designed for positioning infants and young children for an appropriate x-ray without significant complications.'

The photograph was uploaded to Reddit by user Bretstar, who said he worked in a hospital and always wondered what the machine was used for.

‘I worked as a floor guy buffing and scrubbing at a hospital and every time I got to xray and radiology I always saw this machine sitting in the hallway and had to move it. I never once saw the xray tech grab it.

‘I had no idea that is what this was. This pic answers a 3 year old question I never asked’

Here is the picture that everyone was talking about: