Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
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
Marked WAHL Nancy
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
Antique glass dropper in white glass - 30ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Heart-shaped stopper
Soufre sublimé - Sublimed sulfur
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Scorpion (Butus occitanus)
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
Antique jar for wet specimen storage
Size S
Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century
Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870
Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection
Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.
Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.
Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm
Please note: crack in the wood under the case
A beautiful object, very rare to find
Glycérine iodée
Antique white glass pharmacy bottle - Content: 30ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Straight column brass microscope with rack and pinion
19th century or early 20th century
In its wooden case with swivel mirror
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Alcool camphré
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
empty - The plug is stuck
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
