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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Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned
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
Le Cachet Rose Flossim - Flossim Pink Tablets
Vintage tin medicine box - Pharmacy - Apothecary
EMPTY
Antique apothecary bottle – Coca powder – Late 19th century/Early 20th century
POISON
Coca powder is the source of cocaine, which was the first effective local anaesthetic used in surgery and dentistry.
SOLD EMPTY
L'art de procréer les sexes à volonté - The art of procreating sexes at will
By Millot - With illustrated plates
Antique book from 1802 (Year X of the Republic) - Third edition
The author explains how to procreate boys and girls, and gives his recipes for treating sterility and malformations...
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot & Chevalier in Dôle and Geneva
Period: 1890-1905
Box containing 6 gold-plated “coins” made of blue wash, resembling the iconography of Swiss coins and medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Beautiful blue and gold illustration on the box.
Your box will be sealed: never opened in 120 years
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly condensed milk - Drawer
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
This box is no longer just a transport container, it has been adopted as a piece of furniture.
Period: Circa 1920–1940
Potassium Bromide Elixir
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
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
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century
Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870
Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection
Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.
Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.
Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm
Please note: crack in the wood under the case
A beautiful object, very rare to find
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition
Solution N°153
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
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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