Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
Antique pharmacy corkscrew in the shape of a crocodile.
Cast iron that has been painted in gold.
From the 19th century or early 20th century.
The corkscrew allowed the pharmacist to compress and soften the corks before inserting them in the bottles containing the remedy.
The corkscrew was often fixed in the apothecary's or pharmacist's shop by screwing it to the counter.
Here what is uncommon is that it is in the form of a salamander but one finds it very often in the form of a crocodile, another name of the corkscrew.
Length: 29cm
It weighs 3.1Kg !
Before these objects appear, the apothecary or the pharmacist chewed himself the corks to insert them in the bottles... From where the term chewing-cork...
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé
In vulcanised and painted rubber
Moulding inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine
Around 1930
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
various manufacturers
Rugine - Antique surgical instrument
Early 20th century COLLIN manufacturer
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Scarifier with 6 blades - Antique medical instrument
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Aqua Piris - Pear water
Antique pharmacy jar
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Antique tin medicine box
Empty
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Teinture d'Iode ETOILE
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Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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Mirror missing
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Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Caffeine (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique pharmacy jar: Asa-foetida (Gum resin) / Asafetida
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Arséniate de Fer
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
