Foxglove leaves - POISON

Antique pharmacy bottle - 19th-century mouth-blown glass

Red POISON label

Signaling to the pharmacist that it is imperative to keep apart the other substances in the cabinet of toxic substances, the famous poison cabinet.

A fascinating testimony to pharmacology

It comes from an old cellar-laboratory in a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not moved since the late 1950s on the shelves. The cellar had served as a laboratory for medical analyses and a laboratory for magistral preparations of the pharmacy from 1900 until around 1950.

Crushed cola nuts

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There is still some product left inside

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Mastic of Chios

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There is still some product left inside

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Myrrh

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There is still some product left inside

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Incense

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There are still some product inside.

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Phénol Aqueux

Antique pharmacy bottle

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908

This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON

EMPTY

Créosote

Antique pharmacy bottle

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908

This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous in high doses

EMPTY

Hypophosphite de Calcium

Antique pharmacy bottle

EMPTY

Gelatine

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There is still some product left inside

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Copper Sulfate

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

19th-century mouth-blown glass

There are still some beautiful blue crystals inside.

A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

Birds Eggs - In colour

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

In colour.