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Sulfure de Calcium - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Sulfure de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Amputation case - 19th-century wooden surgeon's case
From COLLIN & Cie, Paris
Amputation case - 19th-century wooden surgeon's case
From COLLIN & Cie, Paris, successors to the famous Maison Charrière from 1866.
The case's interior layout is original, with 2 levels and the amputation saw in the upper part.
The case contains several knives, scalpels, shears, an amputation saw, other tools and the Signoroni and Charrière mobile artery compression pad.
The set dates back to the 19th century, as the ebony guilloche handles on tools such as the saw for a better grip were no longer manufactured at Charrière in the 20th century. They were switched to all-metal or all-stainless-steel equipment after the discovery of the importance of hygiene and sterilization, as wood is a veritable hotbed of germs and bacteria of all kinds...
It was around the 1880s, when asepsis became essential thanks to Pasteur, that manufacturers abandoned ebony wood altogether in surgical instruments.
There are 3 empty slots, but otherwise the others are all marked COLLIN.
The box closes very well with the swivel fasteners.
Dimensions: Length:40cm Width 12cm Height 8cm Weight: 2.2Kg
Illustrations for the mobile artery compression pad by Signoroni and Charrière:
Sulfure de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Lipovita - Fat-soluble vitamins
Antique tin medicine box
Empty
Boldo leaf fluid extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Antique pharmacy bottle - Poison - Toxic
Iodotannique Phosphaté
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Antique glass dropper in white glass - 45ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Heart-shaped stopper
Lafont Cigarettes with Globulomenthol (blend of Eucalyptus and Mint)
Empty box in Parma color
Anti-epidemic, hygienic, pectoral
Can be smoked and are indispensable...
Circa 1900
Essence de Mélisse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Alcoolature de Marron d'Inde Horse Chestnut spirit
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Blé empoisonné - Poisoned wheat
Empty tube - Antique vial
19th century pharmacy display jar
Blown red glass
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
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Amputation case - 19th-century wooden surgeon's case
From COLLIN & Cie, Paris