Armand Vaast nasal spray - Oil vaporizer - Antique remedy
In its box
Used in otolaryngology, it was intended for nasal or oral sprays in the treatment of colds and antiseptic treatment of the respiratory tract.
Armand Vaast nasal spray - Oil vaporizer - Antique remedy
The spray consists of a rubber bulb topped with a glass bulb with a cork stopper. Inside is a curved glass tube.
This device, marketed by Armand Vaast, based on Rue de l'Odéon in Paris, was hugely successful with the medical profession.
It was used to spray oils and medicinal liquids in mist form, used in otorhinolaryngology, employed in the treatment of respiratory conditions, colds, nose, throat, larynx and antiseptic treatment of the respiratory tract.
First half of the 20th century.
Comes with its cylindrical box in good condition.
In good condition, the rubber is still flexible!
Here is an advertisement from the period:
Height of diffuser: 14cm
Height of box: 16.5cm
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
Delphinium staphisagria - Stavesacre
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century.
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
Doctor Louis Jubé pure blood transfusion syringe
For arm-to-arm transfusions
In its metal box
Around 1925/1930
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Mercury Chalk – Treatment for Syphilis
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Handwritten label, pen inscription ‘Mercurial Chalk’, neat calligraphy with its thick and thin strokes.
Bottom band ‘TO BE SEPARATED’, instructing the pharmacist to store it 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.
Period: Judging by the handwriting, late 19th century
EMPTY
Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century
Copper Sulfate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There are still some beautiful blue crystals inside.
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Veronal - Barbiturates - Diethylmalonylurea
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Label: DANGEROUS
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
Calcium hypophosphite
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
Handwritten label, pen inscription, neat calligraphy, with its thick and thin strokes.
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
Very Large cobalt blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - Shouldered - H27.5cm - 19th century
Shouldered apothecary bottle - Antique pharmacy bottle
Mouth-blown glass - Cobalt blue color tinted throughout
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling
Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu
Anthropology - End of the XIXth century
20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé
Antique pharmacy jar: Sodium bicarbonate and Gold Flower tablets
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Syringe for diphtheria serum – Dr Roux method
Wooden box
Label from instrument manufacturer H. Hauptner in Berlin on the box and marking on the large syringe
Sonéryl - Butobarbital - Barbiturates
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Armand Vaast nasal spray - Oil vaporizer - Antique remedy
In its box
Used in otolaryngology, it was intended for nasal or oral sprays in the treatment of colds and antiseptic treatment of the respiratory tract.
