Antique Guyon bladder syringe in bakelite
Beginning of XXth century
Antique Guyon bladder syringe
In bakelite and steel, which gives an indication of the period, rather early 20th century, as bakelite was invented in 1909, the first plastic to be invented.
No manufacturer's name on the syringe.
This syringe is used for bladder instillations, employed for bladder washes in urinary tract disorders. The tip of the syringe is connected to a bladder catheter, and pressure is exerted to inject the liquid by inserting fingers into the handles of the tip and the ring of the plunger.
Dimensions of closed syringe: Length 23cm Diameter of barrel: 4.5cm
Square Section Dropper Bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
Box of rubber washers for hot water bottles
In its original cardboard box
1939/1940
New Old Stock
Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
EMPTY
Arséniate de Soude
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Begining of 20th century
EMPTY
Crushed cola nuts
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Reseptine
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Biphosphate de Chaux
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Ebonite and glass laryngeal syringe
For intra-laryngeal injections.
Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
Pharmaceutical zinc sulphate
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
EMPTY
Collodion
Used as a liquid dressing
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphorated ethereal oil (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Camphorated oil
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
EMPTY but cap is blocked and bottle will not open
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
various manufacturers
Antique Guyon bladder syringe in bakelite
Beginning of XXth century
