Mercury Proto-Iodide - Syphilis Treatment
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.
Period: Late 19th century - Very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
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Mercury Proto-Iodide - Syphilis Treatment
Antique pharmacy bottle
Red POISON label
Signaling to the pharmacist that it must strictly be stored separately from other substances in the toxic substances cabinet, the famous "poison cabinet".
This bottle contained mercury proto-iodide, the standard treatment for syphilis in the 19th century.
At the time, mercury was used to temporarily reduce the skin rashes caused by the disease. Doctors aimed to induce extreme salivation (ptyalism) in the patient, mistakenly believing that the body was flushing out the illness.
In reality, the treatment was completely ineffective at curing the infection and caused severe mercury poisoning: excruciating pain, tooth loss, dark necrosis of the jaw and palate, tremors, and severe neurological damage.
The use of mercury declined after 1909 with the discovery of Salvarsan, before disappearing completely with the advent of penicillin.
It comes from the old basement laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. These bottles had remained untouched on the shelves since the late 1950s. The basement served as a medical analysis lab and a compounding laboratory for the pharmacy from 1900 until around 1950.
Bottle height: 8 cm with stopper
Period: Late 19th century - Very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
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Lower part of the lower mandible of a horse jaw
Antique model from Maison Auzoux in Paris
Paper-mâché pedagogical model
Model A - 9 months
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
The apothecary’s Drawer - Size L
Antique wooden pharmacy drawer that can be used as a storage box - Craft Furniture Drawer
To be diverted on the shelf or niche for your curiosities
Antique hand-crafted manufacturing with dovetail joints and turned wooden pull knob
Width: 13cm - Length: 49cm - Height: 5cm
Sold empty, without accessories
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
Dropper bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
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Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Silver nitrate
Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label.
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.
Dating: 19th century
There is still some product inside but the cap is blocked and does not open.
Chloroform
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
Ancient First-aid kit for healing snake bites
antique first-aid kit from the Pharmacie Michel LEGROS
Glass syringe in its case
Antique Snake Oil Salesmen product! Quack Medicine
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
3 compartments
Ref C - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Large antique laboratory test tube made of actinic glass (brown glass) - Pharmacy
Its unusual dimensions make it a model with a beautiful presence
Mercury Proto-Iodide - Syphilis Treatment
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.
Period: Late 19th century - Very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
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