Le Jardin des Plantes

Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum

By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851

A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.

Box of Cocaine Menthol Borate Lozenges

From THEVENOT Laboratories in Dijon

From the 1900s to the 1950s, it was common to find cocaine as an ingredient in certain lozenges, particularly those used to treat throat ailments.

SOLD EMPTY

Evian grains - Health pills

Antique tin box - Early 20th century

The sweetest laxative

Defects: paint chips, dents, difficult to open

Salamander - Pharmacy corkscrew in bronze 

XIXth century

Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu

Anthropology - End of the XIXth century

20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé

Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate

Antique cardboard pharmacy box

Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920

Box of nascent oxygen and cocaine tablets

From the 1900s to the 1950s it was not uncommon to see cocaine as an ingredient in some lozenges, especially for throat ailments!

EMPTY

Brücke achromatic magnifying glass with engraved linear reticle

Portable scientific instrument — 19th century

Used in ophthalmology, surgery, dissection, histology, botany and mineralogy. 

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century - 1870-1895

Antique medical instrument 

However, the box comes from the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, as indicated by the inscription on the top of the box, from the Bouillaud ward of the hospital.

non-functional

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century - 1885-1894

Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris

non-functional