Berthet - Pharmacie de la Rotonde

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Sparteine sulphate

Used as a tonic for nervous syndromes at the very beginning of the 20th century, sparteine was also used to facilitate morphine withdrawal.

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Some product left inside

Iron & Soda Pyrophosphate

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case

Late 19th century - Early 20th century

Rare and authentic wall sign panel

Pharmacy and fitting brand - Miss Hélène Deux, Bandagiste & 1st class Herbalist

Officine sign panel in painted wood from the 19th-20th century hinge: 1890-1920.

The sign is made of 2 reinforced wood panels at the back. There is a space between the 2 panels.

The sign features a superb art lettering entirely made freehand by a letter painter (superb contrasts of blue and brown, neat full and loose) 

Witness to the history of pharmacy and ancient orthopaedics: the bandagist shaping leather and frames for corsets and restraints, and the herbalist 1st class, a profession that has disappeared since the abolition of the diploma in 1941.

Chlorure de magnésium

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

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Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphorated ethereal oil (circa 1920)

THERAPLIX

Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Blown glass

Mastic of Chios

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

Antique anatomical model of the larynx and trachea made of painted papier-mâché.

Produced by Établissements Auzoux and manually dated 1938.

Model can be dismantled lengthwise, numbered, used for medical teaching.

Please note: one removable side piece is missing. The model remains stable and highly decorative. Authentic piece.

Handwritten inscription from the period: Larynx - Auzoux à St-Aubin-d’Écrosville Eure 1938

Placed in a metal base, it can be easily removed to hold it in your hand.

Sodium Nitrite

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Label: DANGEROUS

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.

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Piperazine

Antique amber glass bottle. The cap is missing

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.

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Biphosphate de Chaux

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard

Label: Eau de Chaux Médicinale

The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.

Dropper No. xx05

Antique pharmacy bottle

He's lost his rubber duck

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Hypophosphite de Calcium

Antique pharmacy bottle

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