COLLIN medical pouch for hypodermic injection with Pravaz syringe - 1895/1910

Manufacturer: Maison Collin, Paris (engraved stamp "COLLIN" on the case), successor of Maison Charrière

Period: Late 19th – early 20th century (Belle Époque) - 1895/1910

Morphine kit

Diaphanization of a frog - Pelophylax ridibundus crossbred INRA (RIVAN92 strain) 

Biological preparation

The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.

You can see the bones through the skin! You can even see the circulatory system!

Not a protected species

Diaphanization of a frog - Pelophylax ridibundus crossbred INRA (RIVAN92 strain) 

Biological preparation

The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.

You can see the bones through the skin!

Not a protected species

Adrenaline Solution at 1‰

Antique pharmacy bottle

Label leftovers: TO BE SEPARATED and POISON label

This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON

EMPTY

Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier

Circa 1880

Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection

Natural History Board 

Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.

Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris

Snakes - Zoology

Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.

Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)

Ancient First-aid kit for healing snake bites - 1900

antique first-aid kit from the Pharmacie Michel LEGROS

Pravaz syringe in its case

Antique Snake Oil Salesmen product! Quack Medicine

Soap box SAPOCETI GUERLAIN

Whale white soap 

Decor 1920-130 with the stylized whale - Art Deco

Sold empty, without the soaps

Entomological box

Species: Scarab Chloridolum itoi

Origin: Thaïland

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.

Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard

Label: Sirop d'Ether

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.