Veronal - Barbiturates from the 1940s
Vintage pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Veronal was infamous for suicides, such as that of the writer Stefan Zweig.
A fascinating testament to 20th-century pharmacology and an iconic substance in the history of medicine!
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Véronal - Barbiturates from the 1940s
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
It comes from an old cellar-laboratory in a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s!
This glass pharmacy bottle takes us straight back to the 1940s. It once contained Veronal, the first barbiturate in history, marketed at the beginning of the century as a powerful sedative and hypnotic.
It made its mark at the time with its formidable effectiveness against insomnia. Invented in 1903.
The bottle retains several original labels, with “Ne délivrer que sur ordonnance” (To be dispensed only with a prescription) already highlighting the dangerous nature of the product at the time, and the orange “DANGEREUX” (DANGEROUS) banner at the bottom is characteristic of the classification of poisonous substances.
The label with the words “Taxe d'armement” (armament tax), a specific inscription that allows us to date this bottle precisely to the Second World War period around 1940.
Veronal was infamous for suicides, such as that of the writer Stefan Zweig, which gave it a mysterious and dark aura in the collective imagination.
A fascinating testimony to 20th-century pharmacology and an iconic substance in the history of medicine!
Height: 17cm - Square base 6.5x6.5cm
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