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
Collargophédrine
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Empty
Carbonate de chaux - Lime carbonate
Antique pharmacy bottle - End of XIXth century
Blown glass
Antique pharmacy jar: Lignum Quillayae Saponaria - Panama wood - 19th century
19th century amputation saw
No maker's mark
Accident on the blade
Crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
Cumin Epicea Pill - Pil: Cum Picea
Antique blown glass pharmacy jar
Apothecary
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique metal bladder syringe of Dr Guyon
Beginning of XXth century
non-functional
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé, circa 1930
Flayed model
In vulcanized and painted rubber
Inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine
Pastilles themogène - Le Mortier Enflammé
Themogenic tablets - The Flaming Mortar
Antique tin medicine box
Empty
English Litharge - POISON - Lead oxide
Nineteenth-century medicine bottle with beautiful black and gold label
Blown glass
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
Hypodermic Pravaz syringe - 19th century
Syringe in it's case
not functional
Cremor tartari sol - Cream of tartar
Potassium bitartrate
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
