This cabinet, patented in October of 1910 and called a Schwartz cabinet, was used to store bottles of medicine in the early decades of the twentieth century. The cabinet is from the old White’s Drug Store in downtown Youngstown.
XRAY Machine“A New Kind of Ray: Roentgen and the Development of the X-ray” tells the fascinating story of the fortuitous discovery of the x-ray by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. Few people know, however, that Roentgen could not have discovered the x-ray without the work of several predecessors, such as Sir Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, Michael Faraday, and William Crookes. These individuals made discoveries and advancements in the fields of electricity, magnetism, and the vacuum, which made Roentgen’s discovery possible. These scientists and their work are also explored in the exhibit, which contains several types of x-ray machines from the 1920s through the 1950s including a German-made x-ray machine, a dental x-ray machine, a flouroscope, and a portable unit.
Mahoning Valley Red Cross uniform c1944
“200 Years of Health Care: Medicine in the Mahoning Valley,” which tells the story of medicine in the Mahoning Valley (Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana Counties) through a combination of textual information, photographs and graphics, and a variety of interesting and unusual artifacts. The exhibit presents the early dentists and physicians from the area and those who changed the course of medicine both locally and nationally. The history of the area’s numerous health care facilities and nursing schools are also told through historic photographs and artifacts. Visitors will also learn the story of the local medical community’s role (including the local Red Cross Chapter) in the First and Second World Wars and the contributions of the the local medical societies to the history of medicine in the Youngstown area.
“Tools of the Trade” is an exhibit that will feature the evolution of medical tools from dentistry, obstetrics, ophthalmology, pharmaceutical and other disciplines. This exhibit is scheduled to open in 2010.
dentist's Shade Guide
Pharmacy mortar and pestle
dentist's jars of enamel and porcelain
“When the President is the Patient” is a traveling exhibit featuring stories about the health of our nation’s presidents from Washington to Clinton.
