Jusquiame - Henbane
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
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.
Date: Begining of 20th century
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Jusquiame - Henbane
Red ‘POISON’ label
The labels are entirely handwritten in black ink on bright orange paper, the colour mandated by French regulations in the 19th century to immediately identify poisonous substances.
Jusquiame - Henbane, formerly called witchweed has a sedative and hypnotic effect in low doses but in high doses the brain loses the ability to regulate and filter nervous stimuli, resulting in a sudden break with reality, giving terrifying hallucinations, a disorientation and an agitated delirium. But in parallel with the brain damage, the blockage of the parasympathetic nervous system puts the body in overheating which will cause epileptic seizures leading to coma following the suffering of the brain. Death occurs by asphyxiation or cardiovascular collapse...
This indicated to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
Date: Begining of 20th century
Height of the bottle: 13.5cm with stopper
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Gaiacolated Tincture of Iodine
Antique pharmacy bottle
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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.
Angelica Archangelica
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Alcool camphrée
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Piperazine
Antique amber glass bottle. The cap is missing
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
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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Zinc chloride
Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label.
Red TOXIC 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.
Dating: 19th century
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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
Créosote
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous in high doses
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Sparteine sulphate
Used as a tonic for nervous syndromes at the very beginning of the 20th century, sparteine was also used to facilitate morphine withdrawal.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Some product left inside
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition
Biphosphate de Chaux
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Large antique laboratory test tube made of actinic glass (brown glass) - Pharmacy
Its unusual dimensions make it a model with a beautiful presence
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
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Jusquiame - Henbane
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
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.
Date: Begining of 20th century
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