Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

In colour.

Doctor Louis Jubé pure blood transfusion syringe

For arm-to-arm transfusions

In its metal box

Around 1925/1930

Cèdre - Cedarwood Oil

Antique pharmacy bottle

There is some product left, but the stopper is stuck

The writing has faded, but in oblique light one can make out CEDRE

Antique pharmacy bottle from the 19th century

Balsamum Fioravanti - Balm of Fioravanti

Black lacquered boiled cardboard sewing box with Japanese-inspired decoration circa 1860-1880

From the Société Française des Cotons à Coudre

19th century - Napoleon III era - Japonism period

Flaw: traces of ancient adhesive residue as seen in the photos

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

Floral Candelabra - Chiselled Brass and Painted Flowers - Circa 1900 - Candlestick

Late 19th century - Early 20th century: Belle Époque / Art Nouveau: 1895-1910

Sold without candles

Gaiacolated Tincture of Iodine

Antique pharmacy bottle

EMPTY

Delphinium staphisagria - Stavesacre

Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle

Late 19th century, early 20th century.

Violet de Méthyle

Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire

Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel

Botanical plate

Published in 1846

Atlas of Natural History - Botany

Phanerogamy

Antique manual pharmacy stamp - BERTHIER Pharmacy

The rubber base, engraved in relief, reads: ‘Pharmacie de BERTHIER / rue de Phalsbourg / PARIS’.

Sturdy metal frame and ergonomic handle made from turned blackened wood

Catillon Granules – Strophanthin – Containing Ouabain

POISON

Antique tube of pharmaceutical granules – Apothecary

EMPTY

Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings

by BOITARD - Book of 1853

5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings

Jusquiame leaves - POISON

Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.

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.