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Manawatu Conversations Episode 341 - Micki Tyler pt1( 0:28:33)       
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Medical museum is no longer at Palmerston North Public Hospital because the building had to make way for a new mental health block. A lot of memorabilia is in storage. Some items on display still on display in hospital corridors. The museum originally set up in 1980 by Dr David Warnock, a retired ophthalmologist. It was combined with a collection from Dr Neil Little. Originally set up in the hospital basement but a disused mental health building was made available in 2007 and the museum opened to the public The building was vacated in June 2023 The museum has an iron lung which was used to save the lives of polio victims. Some discussion about polio and Covid. The museum contained an orthopedic section and a mock operating theatre. Micki Tyler worked as a dental nurse with treadle drills in the 1950s through to high-speed drills. The advent of fluoride in drinking water made a difference to dental health. There is a problem now with sugar drinks affecting dental health. Mobile dental units went to high schools from 1993. Dentists became dental hygienists and/or therapists.
Published: 3/12/2024 3:00:00 p.m.