Teinture de Cantharides - POISON
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish fly
Antique blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Early 20th century - Blown glass.
Teinture de Cantharides - POISON
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish fly
Antique blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Early 20th century - Blown glass - Sheet metal cap
A manufacturing defect in the glass, a bubble: see photo
Blue glass was used for dangerous, toxic products and poisons. Pharmacists could identify them at a glance to avoid mistakes.
These insects have long been used as a remedy due to their irritant and vesicant properties.
But they were also used in the form of cantharides powder to be swallowed, which was a stimulant recommended for its supposed aphrodisiac properties, as a male sexual stimulant.
The active ingredient causes dilation of the blood vessels and irritation of the bladder and urethra. By irritating the penile urethra, cantharidin causes an erection in small doses but is fatal in high doses. This may be what happened to President Félix Faure, who died during sexual intercourse with his mistress at the Élysée Palace...
Spanish fly tincture was also recommended for external use, incorporated into small plasters to induce sweating and expel humors thanks to its vesicant properties.
But beware of the danger, as it causes painful blisters on the skin and, once ingested, this poison is considered as toxic as strychnine.
Spanish fly was listed in the 1884 French Codex, then appeared in the toxic table. It only disappeared from the Codex in the 1965 edition.
Height with cap: 20 cm Diameter: 7.5 cm
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1891
Volume 4
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Antique pharmacy jar: Asa-foetida (Gum resin) / Asafetida
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Doctor Louis Jubé pure blood transfusion syringe
For arm-to-arm transfusions
In its metal box
Around 1925/1930
Chlorure Zinc
Antique white glass pharmacy bottle - Content: 30ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Two chips on the neck: see photos - The cap is blocked
Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Antique pharmacy jar: Sodium bicarbonate and Gold Flower tablets
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Vegetable-animal liqueur
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Anatomy of Man by Cloquet
Anatomical lithography in black and white
The plates date from circa 1852
Stamp of the Franco-Belgian Literary and Artistic Convention of 22 August 1852
T.NOIROT extract - Artificial peach cream
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
White Antimony Oxide
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
There is still some product left inside
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
RICQLES Mint alcohol bottle
Antique bottle with emery glass stopper
Teinture de Cantharides - POISON
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish fly
Antique blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Early 20th century - Blown glass.
