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Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle
  • Calcium hypophosphite - POISON cabinet - Antique pharmacy bottle

Calcium hypophosphite - POISON - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - EMPTY - The Poison Cabinet

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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.

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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’.

At the time, this substance was mainly used to treat tuberculosis (known as consumption in those days), rickets, or as a general tonic. 

Although not a deadly poison, ingesting large quantities of calcium hypophosphite can cause digestive problems or calcium imbalances. 

But above all, hypophosphite is also a chemically unstable substance. It is susceptible to oxidation and, under certain extreme conditions such as high temperatures, it can release flammable phosphorus vapours. Storing it ‘separately’ was therefore also a physical safety measure for the dispensary.

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.

Height of the bottle: 12cm with stopper

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