Antique First aid kit for the healing of snake bites

Made by a pharmacist from Limoges, Michel LEGROS

Beautiful snake illustration on the aluminium box

Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball

This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.

The Nancy Ball is sold individually, without a jar

Unavailable today

Mint alcohol RICQLES bottle

Antique bottle with emery glass stopper

Entéropathyl

Antique remedy

Cylindrical cardboard box

EMPTY

Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz

From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.

Published in 1827/1833

Painted engraving from the 19th century

Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne

From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846 

19th-century color lithograph

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Birds - Antique chart  by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Anatomy of Man by Cloquet

Anatomical lithography in black and white 

The plates date from circa 1852

Stamp of the Franco-Belgian Literary and Artistic Convention of 22 August 1852

Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote

Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.

An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities

Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately

Antique surgical board

From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796

Antique surgical board

From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796