Orthoforme - Antique Pharmacy Bottle - Apothecary
Orthoforme
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Silver medal at Paris 1889
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
Orthoforme
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Silver medal at Paris 1889
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Scolopendre
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary Mouth-blown glass bottle
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
Turbith Minéral - Mercury
Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label.
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.
Dating: 19th century
There is still some product inside but the cap is blocked and does not open.
Corsican Moss
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary Mouth-blown glass bottle
Corsican Moss (Helminthochorton or Sphaerococcus helminthochorton) is a mixture of red seaweeds harvested along the coast of Corsica. It was one of the most famous deworming agents used in traditional medicine to eliminate intestinal worms.
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Camphor Chalk
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary Mouth-blown glass bottle
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Protective laboratory bell jar - Low form with knob in blown glass
Period: 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary
Used by the pharmacist to cover precision instruments or isolate preparations undergoing analysis
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
3 compartments
Ref C - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Large antique laboratory test tube made of actinic glass (brown glass) - Pharmacy
Its unusual dimensions make it a model with a beautiful presence
Antique drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box and its vintage brochure
For botanist, entomologist
Test Tube with Special Bulb for Mercury Ureometer - 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary
Period: 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary
To be diverted into a soliflore vase
Central Pharmacy of the Civil Hospitals of Paris
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Antique Guyon bladder syringe in bakelite
Beginning of XXth century