Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case - Antique medical instrument
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
By MATHIEU, manufacturers of surgical instruments in Paris.
Dated between 1885, when the company moved to 113 Boulevard St Germain under the management of the founder's son, Raoul, and 1894, when the company name changed with the arrival of his brother.
This instrument was used to evacuate liquids, notably for pleurisy, an inflammation of the pleura, the membrane surrounding the lungs, which often contains liquid in the pleural cavity.
It could also be used to evacuate urine from a retained bladder, or gas from an intestine strangled by a hernia. But it could also be used to inject liquid.
(Source: conservatoire du patrimoine hospitalier de Rennes).
The set is complete, but the rubber tubes have not survived the ages; the rubber has hardened and breaks into small pieces if handled. The paper under the box is falling apart and coming loose.
Please note: The felt has faded and is no longer bright purple: see photos.
Includes:
-A steel pump with two spigots at the end.
-A hollow metal rod with a double conduit branching into two branches, each fitted with a tap.
-Trocars of different gauges, cannulas and blunt punches.
-1 glass tube containing wire for needle cleaning is located in the housing beneath the trocars.
Case dimensions: 27.5 x 12 x 5.5 cm: in good condition, lined inside with purple velvet.
MATHIEU marking on interior felt.
Box sheathed in black grained leather with heat-stamped fillets on top. Push-button lock. Typical of the casket production of the 1870s/1895s.
non-functional
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot & Chevalier in Dôle and Geneva
Period: 1890-1905
Box containing 6 gold-plated “coins” made of blue wash, resembling the iconography of Swiss coins and medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Beautiful blue and gold illustration on the box.
Your box will be sealed: never opened in 120 years
UNOBTAINABLE
Catillon Granules – Strophanthin – Containing Ouabain
POISON
Antique tube of pharmaceutical granules – Apothecary
EMPTY
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Do not swallow label
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
TOXIC label - Do not exceed the prescribed dose
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Laboratory pestle in chiseled metal and apothecary hard stone
Possibly an agate or jade
Dating: Belle Époque (Circa 1890 - 1910)
Solution N°153
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Square Section Dropper Bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
BYLA - Antique Pharmacy bottle in amber glass
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly condensed milk - Drawer
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
This box is no longer just a transport container, it has been adopted as a piece of furniture.
Period: Circa 1920–1940
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
