Crushed cola nuts
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
Crushed cola nuts
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar. 19th-century mouth-blown glass
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
This is the cola nut – Cola nitida – the original ingredient of the famous Coca-Cola, but in its pure, laboratory form.
Cola was the king of tonic and energy-boosting preparations:
Cola Wine: This was the best-selling preparation over the counter. The chemist would macerate crushed cola nuts in fortified wine (often Malaga or Grenache). It was prescribed for convalescence, fatigue or as an aphrodisiac.
Cola Elixir: A more concentrated, alcohol-based version to ‘boost the strength’ of workers or athletes (widely used by early cyclists!).
Tinctures and Syrups: To relieve headaches or aid digestion.
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for keeping stock.
Height: 20.5cm - Diameter: 9cm - Weight: 0.73kg
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Pyramidon
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Catillon Granules – Strophanthin – Containing Ouabain
POISON
Antique tube of pharmaceutical granules – Apothecary
EMPTY
Glass needle tube - Sold individually
Various models and sizes - Variable length: Between 6cm and 8.5cm
With or without manufacturer’s label
EMPTY
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
Ebonite and glass laryngeal syringe
For intra-laryngeal injections.
Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940
Sel de Fruit ENO - ENO Fruit Salt
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Potassium Cyanide and Iron
Also known as yellow potassium prussiate
Antique 19th-century pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Antique ampoule for hypodermic injection
Histogénol - (circa 1900)
Cinnamon Water
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Dry sodium iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - drugstore - apothecary
70° alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9
Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled
By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher
Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves
There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.
Antique pharmacy jar: Lignum Quillayae Saponaria - Panama wood - 19th century
Crushed cola nuts
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
