Wooden box of 2 Crins de Florence in glass tube - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Wooden box of 2 Crins de Florence in glass tube - 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
Box dimensions: 22cm
Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref B
Apothecary - Pharmacy
The pipettes have either been broken or shortened because they are too short
Castel - Michel perfumers
Antique perfume bottle
Apothecary vial
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Tincture of iodine
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Essence of violets
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Superfine Essence of Bourbon Clove
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - 1753
Antique and Illustrated Pharmacopoeia
By Moyse CHARAS
This book contains all the plants, minerals and animals that went to make up the remedies used in those days. Some of them are quite surprising to our modern eyes.
Antique dissecting box in cloth-covered wooden case
The inner label indicates Fabrik Paul Vogel, i.e. German-made instruments.
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Antique drum microscope for botanist, entomologist
Mirror missing
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Corricide Mille
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Caffeine (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Antique pharmacy jar: Asa-foetida (Gum resin) / Asafetida
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Wooden box of 2 Crins de Florence in glass tube - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
