Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence - Suture thread - Catgut
Natural suture thread for surgery or drainage obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Crin de Florence was obtained by stretching the sericogenic apparatus of the Bombyx mori butterfly caterpillar, which was first killed by soaking it in vinegar.
This thread was also used for fishing line, to which the hook is attached.
(Source Dr Paul Dorveaux: Historique du Crin de Florence - 1909)
Natural Crin de Florence began to be replaced by synthetic thread after the Second World War, mainly due to the degeneration of silkworms, which no longer produced the coarse threads preferred by surgeons.
(Source: La fin d'une ligature chirurgicale, le crin de Florence by Georges Dillemann - 1984)
From the TUTO brand manufactured by Laboratoires Corbière, Paris
Glass tube dimensions: 16cm
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé
In vulcanised and painted rubber
Moulding inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine
Around 1930
Doctor Louis Jubé pure blood transfusion syringe
For arm-to-arm transfusions
In its metal box
Around 1925/1930
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Antique pharmacy jar
Liquid Peptone
Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.
Metal box of breath mints with cocaine
Box of pastilles Menthol-Borate-Cocaïne-Stovaïne from CPF Laboratories
1920's
EMPTY
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
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Caffeine (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Around 1900
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer GENTILE in Paris
19th century amputation saw
No maker's mark
Accident on the blade
Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé
From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation
Published in 1866
Lithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Codeine iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - Poison - Toxic
Agocholine Zizine
Antique remedy
Cylindrical metal box
EMPTY
Abrégé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles - 1782 - By Chomel
Summary of the history of common plants
Antique ampoule for hypodermic injection
Histogénol - (circa 1900)
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Hypodermic Pravaz syringe - 19th century
Glass and metal syringe in it's case
The glass is broken in several places
not functional
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
