Hypophosphite de Calcium

Antique pharmacy bottle

EMPTY

An antique absinthe topette (decanter)

6 Beaded Topette

Residue in the bottom of the carafe

Iodine dye

Antique pharmacy bottle

With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass

EMPTY

Antique and large drum microscope

In it's mahogany wooden box

For botanist, entomologist - XIXth century

This is a larger model than those usually found on the market

Polished bone cannula - New vintage stock - In its reusable box

Vintage medical device designed to remove pinworms

Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940

Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard

Formalin label

The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.

Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)

various manufacturers

Adrenaline Solution at 1‰

Antique pharmacy bottle

Label leftovers: TO BE SEPARATED and POISON label

This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON

EMPTY

Cèdre - Cedarwood Oil

Antique pharmacy bottle

There is some product left, but the stopper is stuck

The writing has faded, but in oblique light one can make out CEDRE

Gardénal - Phenobarbital - Barbiturates

Phényléthylmalonylurée

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

Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk

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.

Period: Circa 1910–1930

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

Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs

By Nicolas Lemery

An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition

Antique pharmacy box for remedy made of canvas cardboard

Myra pills 

Covering in sumptuous red maroquiné/chagrin paper, with edges and slices enhanced with a deep violet/purple very characteristic of the creations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: 1890/1910.

You buy 1 box but not the lot

Pyramidon

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar

Foxglove leaves - POISON

Antique pharmacy bottle - 19th-century mouth-blown glass

Red POISON label

Signaling to the pharmacist that it is imperative to keep apart the other substances in the cabinet of toxic substances, the famous poison cabinet.

A fascinating testimony to pharmacology

It comes from an old cellar-laboratory in a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not moved since the late 1950s on the shelves. The cellar had served as a laboratory for medical analyses and a laboratory for magistral preparations of the pharmacy from 1900 until around 1950.