Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Marked WAHL Nancy
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Marked WAHL Nancy
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
Chrome-plated metal wrench with interchangeable screw hook
An instrument for extracting molars by torsion-traction, often used for its ease by dentists, but much decried in the 19th century for the havoc it could wreak by pulling out pieces of gum, fractured teeth etc...
The tooth trapped between a hook and a bit could not withstand the twisting movement of the operator, similar to that made when opening a lock, hence the name of the instrument, which sometimes removed a piece of jawbone with the tooth...
Length 14cm
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Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
RICQLES Mint alcohol bottle
Antique bottle with emery glass stopper
Angelica Archangelica
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century
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
Pyramidon
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Straight column brass microscope with rack and pinion
19th century or early 20th century
In its wooden case with swivel mirror
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
Antique pharmacy jar: Illicium verum (Fruit) / Star anise
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Infangyl Carlier
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
The box still contains its full, sealed bottle and instructions
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Delphinium staphisagria - Stavesacre
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century.
Iodeol externe
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
EMPTY
Antique pharmacy bottle from the 19th century
Balsamum Fioravanti - Balm of Fioravanti
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.
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Marked WAHL Nancy
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
