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.

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Histoire Générale des drogues -General History of Drugs- (in 2 volumes) In French

General History of Drugs, Simple and Compound, covering the three classes of Plants, Animals & Minerals, everything that is the subject of Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, & the Arts most useful to human society. By Sieur Pomet, Grocer & Apothecary

By Pierre Pomet, a famous apothecary of the time.

1735 edition, second edition revised and expanded by Joseph Pomet, son

In two volumes with full leather binding from the period - Good condition

A fascinating journey through the pharmacopoeia of the Grand Siècle, a centrepiece for any cabinet of curiosities

Evian grains - Health pills

Antique tin box - Early 20th century

The sweetest laxative

Defects: paint chips, dents, difficult to open

Evian grains - Health pills

Antique tin box - Early 20th century

The sweetest laxative

Defects: paint chips, dent on the front, rust on the back

Evian grains - Health pills

Antique tin box - Early 20th century

The sweetest laxative

Defects: paint chips

Evian grains - Health pills

Antique tin box - Early 20th century

The sweetest laxative

Defects: paint chips, dent on the front, rust on the back

Salamander - Pharmacy corkscrew in bronze 

XIXth century

Hypodermic Pravaz syringe - 19th century

Syringe in it's case

not functional

Man and Woman

Anatomy booklet with removable boards

Around 1930's

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