Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence - Suture thread - Catgut
Natural suture thread for surgery or drainage obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence was obtained by stretching the sericogenic apparatus of the Bombyx mori butterfly caterpillar, which was first killed by soaking it in vinegar.
This thread was also used for fishing line, to which the hook is attached.
(Source Dr Paul Dorveaux: Historique du Crin de Florence - 1909)
Natural Crin de Florence began to be replaced by synthetic thread after the Second World War, mainly due to the degeneration of silkworms, which no longer produced the coarse threads preferred by surgeons.
(Source: La fin d'une ligature chirurgicale, le crin de Florence by Georges Dillemann - 1984)
From the TUTO brand manufactured by Laboratoires Corbière, Paris
Glass tube dimensions: 16cm
Quinine sulfate powder - Sulfate quinine pulv
Antique pharmacy bottle - End of XIXth century
Blown glass
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
4 Beaded Topette
Gorgéïne du Docteur Deschamps
Antique tin medicine box
Empty
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: the small lens on one side is missing - the large lens remains
Hypodermic Pravaz syringe - 19th century
Metal and glass syringe in it's case
not functional
English Litharge - POISON - Lead oxide
Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label
Blown glass
Angelica Archangelica
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Dr Zizine's entero-bandage
Antique remedy
Cylindrical metal box
EMPTY
Tartaric acid
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Product still inside
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...
Metal box of breath mints with cocaine.
Pastilles SIMON - Menthol Cocaïno Boraté
1930's average
EMPTY
Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
