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Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock
  • Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock

Metal ENT Olive Box - 1939/1940 - New old stock

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Metal ENT Olive Box - Original cardboard box

1939/1940

New old stock

Description

ORL metal olive box – Original cardboard box

1939/1940

In medicine, these pear-shaped tips were designed to fit the shape of natural orifices, primarily for nasal irrigation or insufflation.

New vintage stock

Still has its original label showing the price and ‘armament tax included’.

This reference serves as a chronological marker: the armament tax was introduced in France by the decree-law of 21 April 1939 to finance the nation’s rearmament. These tips were therefore sold between May 1939 and sometime in 1940.

Originates from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles and other items 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.

Dimensions of the box: 5x3cm