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
Metal ENT Olive Box - Original cardboard box
1939/1940
New old stock
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Antique ampoule for hypodermic injection
Histogénol - (circa 1900)
Ipecacuanha Opiate Powder - Dover's Powder
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
EMPTY
Rue Powder
Rue was an abortive plant
Antique pharmacy bottle - Poison - Toxic
Specimen jar in blown glass – Inverted apothecary jar - Seed vase
Size M
A vintage laboratory or conservatory container designed for the display and preservation of biological or botanical specimens
Lower part of the lower mandible of a horse jaw
Antique model from Maison Auzoux in Paris
Paper-mâché pedagogical model
Model A - 9 months
Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin
From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)
Published in 1867-1870
Chromolithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
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
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
6 Beaded Topette
Residue in the bottom of the carafe
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Dry sodium iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - drugstore - apothecary
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
