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
Antique drum microscope
With its wooden case containing 1 brass clamp and 2 preparation slides
XIXth century - inscription under the case dated 7 or 8 May 1853
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
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Dry sodium iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - drugstore - apothecary
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Calcined sponge powder - Eponges C: Pulv:
Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label
Blown glass
Antique pharmacy jar
Liquid Peptone
Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.
Delphinium staphisagria - Stavesacre
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century.
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Tincture of Jalap Compound also known as German brandy
A purgative powder is extracted from the Jalap plant.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Camphor
Antique pharmacy bottle - End of XIXth century
Blown glass
Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled
By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher
Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves
There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
