Youngstown, Ohio: Rose Melnick Medical Museum (Gone)
On the campus of Youngstown State University. Had an iron lung and a 19th-century amputation kit among its many exhibits.
- Directions:
- US 422 to the Wick Ave. exit. Drive south a half-block. On the left.
- Status:
- Gone
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The Museum was shut down a couple years ago. The pieces from the Museum are scattered about Campus. The Iron Lung is in storage, but a replica of it is in Maag Library. Some of the smaller items are on display in Cushwa Hall on Lincoln Ave.
[Dwight Berner, 06/03/2018]Rose Melnick Medical Museum
Also includes a library with historical medical books, a vibrator from 1911, and a foot-powered dental drill.
[Lisa, 04/02/2011]A medical museum on the campus of Youngstown State University, this one has lots of medical oddities, as well as a collection of old-time surgical equipment.
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Promises an "iron lung, a German X-ray machine, a 19th-century amputation kit, and an 1850s electric shock device."