Box of cocaine lozenges
MBC (Menthol Cocaïno Boraté)
Period: Belle Époque, Art Nouveau style
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Box of cocaine lozenges – MBC (Menthol Cocaïno Boraté) from GOY Laboratories in Paris
From the 1900s to the 1950s, it was not uncommon to find cocaine listed as an ingredient in certain lozenges, particularly those intended for throat ailments.
This box dates from the Belle Époque and is in the Art Nouveau style, featuring a beautiful illustration typical of the period, with a mix of serif typefaces and stylised lettering characteristic of the turn of the century in 1900.
Manufactured by a renowned tinsmith and lithographer from Montreuil: J. Ollier
Anaesthetics and antiseptics!
Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
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Biphosphate de Chaux
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Eau Blanche - Circa 1900–1920
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Eau Régale - Dangerous acid
Skull and crossbones symbol on the label
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’.
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Eau Régale: Mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. Very corrosive. The king of acids, it dissolves gold and other noble materials.
Impalpable Nux Vomica powder
White earthenware pot
Red POISON and 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.
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.
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Square Section Dropper Bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
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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
Essence of star anise
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Camphorated alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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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.
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Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
4 compartments
Ref A - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled
By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher
Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves
There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: Here composed of 2 Stanhope lenses
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Box of rubber washers for hot water bottles
In its original cardboard box
1939/1940
New Old Stock
Pyridoxine hydrochloride - Vitamin B6
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Label: Eau de Chaux Médicinale
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.
Box of cocaine lozenges
MBC (Menthol Cocaïno Boraté)
Period: Belle Époque, Art Nouveau style
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