The Melnick Medical Museum will soon have considerably more room for its exhibits once it has finished its move to Cushwa Hall at Youngstown State University (YSU) in the fall.
Dr. John Melnick established the museum in 2000 and hundreds of items were collected to show how the medical field has changes over time. The building the museum has occupied since 2016 was not large enough to do it justice, prompting the upcoming move. Now, according to curator Cassie Nespor, the Melnick Museum will have room to display its larger items such as its iron lung and historic X-ray machines.
Exhibits also show cultural changes that have taken place in medicine such as the change in nursing uniforms from all white dresses to white tops and slacks to the many colors of scrubs worn in hospitals today.
Museums frequently partner with local printing services in the creation of Postcards highlighting some of their exhibits.
Some exhibits could delve into medical history unique to the Youngstown area. While viewing the yellow iron lung machine visitors can learn about how Youngstown was one of the first cities in the country to participate in a mass polio immunization program featuring the Sabin vaccine.
The Sabin vaccine was administered by mouth as opposed to the multiple shots of the Salk vaccine. In the winter of 1961, 130,000 were vaccinated over two days using a dropper to administer the vaccine in Mahoning County.
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