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Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref...
Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref B
Apothecary - Pharmacy
The pipettes have either been broken or shortened because they are too short
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its felt case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
With an explanatory leaflet
From Lafay House Manufacturer: Surgical Instruments in Lyon
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its felt case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
From Lafay House Manufacturer: Surgical Instruments in Lyon
With an explanatory leaflet from the medical book: Petite Chirurgie et Technique Médicale Courante - Editions Masson, 1949.
This instrument was used to evacuate liquids, notably for pleurisy, an inflammation of the pleura, the membrane surrounding the lungs, which often contains liquid in the pleural cavity.
It could also be used to evacuate urine from a retained bladder or gas from an intestine strangled by a hernia.
(Source: conservatoire du patrimoine hospitalier de Rennes).
Rubber and fabric tubes have not survived the ages.
Includes:
-A steel pump with two end caps.
-A hollow metal rod with a double conduit branching into two branches, each fitted with a tap.
-Several trocars of different gauges, cannulas and foam punches.
Case dimensions: 27.5 x 12 x 5.5 cm: in good condition, case lined with purple velvet inside.
Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref B
Apothecary - Pharmacy
The pipettes have either been broken or shortened because they are too short
Sulfure de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Antique pharmacy jar: Illicium verum (Fruit) / Star anise
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Antique glass dropper in white glass
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Kaolinase
Gastric burns and stomach ulcers - Gastric bandage
Wooden box from the 1930s
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Antique 19th century pharmacy bottle
Radix althaeae Off - Marshmallow
Antique preparation slide for microscope - OPTICO
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Essence de Mélisse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
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Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Sage tincture
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Superfine Essence of Bourbon Clove
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
T.Noirot Extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
First aid kit for the healing of snake bites
Made by a pharmacist from Limoges, Michel LEGROS
Beautiful snake illustration on the aluminium box
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its felt case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
With an explanatory leaflet
From Lafay House Manufacturer: Surgical Instruments in Lyon