Gelatine
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Gelatine
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
It comes from the old cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s!
There is still some product left inside. The gelatine inside has a chalky texture and is scented; it smells quite nice.
This preparation, made from scented, chalky gelatine, was used in the pharmacist’s formulations, such as cough drops or throat lozenges, chest rubs or hand creams.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling.
Handwritten label
Height: 20.5cm - Diameter: 9cm
Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate
Antique cardboard pharmacy box
Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920
Arséniate de Fer
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Box of nascent oxygen and cocaine tablets
From the 1900s to the 1950s it was not uncommon to see cocaine as an ingredient in some lozenges, especially for throat ailments!
EMPTY
American mint alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle
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
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Le Jardin des Plantes
Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum
By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851
A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1870-1895
Antique medical instrument
However, the box comes from the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, as indicated by the inscription on the top of the box, from the Bouillaud ward of the hospital.
non-functional
Phénol Aqueux
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON
EMPTY
Central Pharmacy of the Civil Hospitals of Paris
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Antique brown glass bottle
Huile camphrée
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Aqua Piris - Pear water
Antique pharmacy jar
Apothecary
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
4 compartments
Ref A - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Gelatine
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
