L'art de procréer les sexes à volonté - The art of procreating sexes at will 

By Millot - With illustrated plates 

Antique book from 1802 (Year X of the Republic) - Third edition

The author explains how to procreate boys and girls, and gives his recipes for treating sterility and malformations...

English Litharge - POISON - Lead oxide

Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label

Blown glass

Poudre de Capucins - Capuchin powder

Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label

Blown glass

Calcined sponge powder - Eponges C: Pulv:

Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label

Blown glass

Manuel d'Anatomie descriptive du corps humain - Atlas

Anatomical Atlas - Manual of Descriptive Anatomy of the Human Body

In quarto

By Dr Cloquet - 1831 - IN COLOUR - Volume III only

Atlas consisting of 172 lithographed plates, most in colour

Binding very damaged, the leather has been torn from the boards, the first few leaves are fragile, even loose, but the rest is in good condition, the plates are very beautiful.  see photos.

Attention this is Volume 2 of the Atlas, there are no plates from Volume 1 of the Atlas. The title pages at the beginning of the book are missing.

Butterfly - Natural History color plate 

Entomology

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Antique glass dropper in white glass 

Apothecary - Pharmacy

Heart-shaped stopper

Rare military folding amputation saw - 18th century inspired model, late 19th century German manufacture

Late 19th century German reinterpretation of a pre-existing British model from 1780

Witness to a transition between two eras of military surgery

Amputation saw - First half of the 20th century - USSR medical material

Origin: Most likely USSR or Eastern Europe

Estimated time : 1930-1960

19th century amputation saw

No maker's mark

Accident on the blade

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Around 1900

Antique medical instrument from manufacturer GENTILE in Paris

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century

Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MORIN in Paris