Antique pharmacy jar

Liquid Peptone

Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.

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.

Metal box of breath mints with cocaine

Box of Dr BENGUE Dragees

1920's

It is recommended to suck 8 to 10 lozenges per day, allowing them to melt in the mouth... 

EMPTY

Camphorated alcohol

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

EMPTY

Unknown dropper with Heart stopper

Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary

There is a dry product remaining inside

Metal box of breath mints with cocaine

Box of Dr BENGUE Dragees

1920's

It is recommended to suck 8 to 10 lozenges per day, allowing them to melt in the mouth... 

EMPTY

Syringe for antidiphtheria serum: Dr Roux's method

Metal box containing a syringe - Early 20th century

Non-functional - No needle

Doctor Louis Jubé pure blood transfusion syringe

For arm-to-arm transfusions

In its metal box

Around 1925/1930

Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Blown glass

Aqua Piris - Pear water

Antique pharmacy jar 

Apothecary

Alum

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar

Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle

in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe

Antique medicine bottle

Apothecary

Essence of star anise

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Infangyl Carlier

Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary

The box still contains its full, sealed bottle and instructions

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...

Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate

Antique cardboard pharmacy box

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