Foxglove leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Foxglove leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy jar - Wide-mouthed apothecary jar. 19th-century mouth-blown glass.
The glass displays the typical irregularities – air bubbles and slight ripples – characteristic of semi-industrial production from the early 20th century or end of 19th. The base shows a mark from the blowing rod.
It comes from the old cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s!
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for raw materials to be processed into powders, tinctures or infusions in the pharmacy’s laboratory.
It was used to store dried foxglove leaves (Digitalis purpurea), a plant used as a cardiotonic treatment at the time, employed to strengthen heart contractions and regulate the heart rate (particularly for dropsy and heart failure).
The ‘POISON’ label at the bottom of the jar is not decorative. Foxglove has a very narrow therapeutic window: the curative dose is very close to the toxic dose. Handling the dried leaves required extreme precision and was strictly regulated due to its high toxicity.
Beautiful handwritten cursive script in pen on the label.
The red paper used for the label was intended for toxic substances, so that the chemist could immediately distinguish them from non-toxic substances. The label also bears the supplier’s details: “Mod. 250, M., J. & Cie, Paris”.
Height: 23.5 cm – Diameter: 10 cm
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Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
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A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
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Foxglove leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
