Medicament Collection

Purple Foxglove mass population in forest clearing Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
SAS-324 Purple Foxglove - mass population in forest clearing Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Digitalis purpurea Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

C16 CHEMISTs SHOP
MEDICINES WHILE YOU WAIT: a druggist of the 16th century prepares a medicament, pounding the ingredients with pestle and mortar while two customers wait with their dog. Date: circa 1570

Smiling man sitting on a sea urchin with quills planted in his buttocks, 1917 (illustration)
7298969 Smiling man sitting on a sea urchin with quills planted in his buttocks, 1917 (illustration); (add.info.: Smiling man sitting on a sea urchin with quills planted in his buttocks)

Child turning the hands of a clock dial on a man's stomach, 1917 (illustration)
7298968 Child turning the hands of a clock dial on a man's stomach, 1917 (illustration); (add.info.: A child turning the hands of a clock dial on a man's stomach)

Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577808 Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Henry Cotyral, 19th century (engraving)
2102120 Henry Cotyral, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Henry Cotyral". Monster. Tambourine shaped body charlatan)

War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915
LUX4727865 War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915; (add.info.: War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Tours, Indre and Loire (37): In Metadier laboratories: workers manually pack tablets from Calmine, 1924
LUX4727791 Tours, Indre and Loire (37): In Metadier laboratories: workers manually pack tablets from Calmine, 1924; (add.info.: Tours)

La fee de la fleur de marshmallow gives a medicine for the throat to a frog alitee - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy
FLO4637556 La fee de la fleur de marshmallow gives a medicine for the throat to a frog alitee - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

Claimed for the drug Urodonal to clean the kidney, around 1917 (illustration)
7298988 Claimed for the drug Urodonal to clean the kidney, around 1917 (illustration); (add.info.: Claimed for the drug Urodonal to cleanse the kidney)

Abecedary: "Doctor Quack". Illustration of the letter " Q" with a fake doctor haranguing people to
NWI4953465 Abecedary: "Doctor Quack". Illustration of the letter " Q" with a fake doctor haranguing people to sell their medicine in the 19th century

Filudin, a remedy for malaria. A giant mosquito symbolizes the plague that decimates the French colonies
7298978 Filudin, a remedy for malaria. A giant mosquito symbolizes the plague that decimates the French colonies. 1917 (illustration); (add.info)

Advertising for oriental pills developing an Ideal bust, early 20th century (print)
7418358 Advertising for oriental pills developing an Ideal bust, early 20th century (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ideal bust: development and firmness of the breasts)

A French soldier fires a gun, protected behind a Phosc£o box "the best bulwark against diseases "
7298979 A French soldier fires a gun, protected behind a Phosc£o box "the best bulwark against diseases "

A doctor gives a potion to an old woman. 16th century
NWI4953723 A doctor gives a potion to an old woman. 16th century.; (add.info.: A doctor gives a potion to an old woman. 16th century.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915
LUX4740529 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Red Cross nurse serving a war wounded in a field hospital, 1915; (add.info)

Le Quinquina, Cinchona pubescens (colour engraving)
3434356 Le Quinquina, Cinchona pubescens (colour engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Botanique. Coll. Part. Science. Botany. Cinchona pubescens, used for the production of quinine)

Filudin, a remedy for malaria. A giant mosquito symbolizes the plague that decimates the French colonies
7298977 Filudin, a remedy for malaria. A giant mosquito symbolizes the plague that decimates the French colonies. 1917 (illustration); (add.info.: Advertising for the drug Filudine)

Nursing a soldier wounded during the Secession War (1861-65) in a hospital. Engraving of the 19th century
NWI4829961 Nursing a soldier wounded during the Secession War (1861-65) in a hospital. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

A pharmacist preparing a drug at a hospital in London. Anns 1880. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration
NWI4953557 A pharmacist preparing a drug at a hospital in London. Anns 1880. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: A pharmacist preparing a drug at a hospital in London)

Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Chapel, Notre Dame de Bayeux Cathedral
7134896 Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Chapel, Notre Dame de Bayeux Cathedral; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info.: Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux Notre-Dame-of-Good News Chapel late 16th century)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good sister caring for wounded soldiers, in a field hospital, 1915
LUX4741813 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good sister caring for wounded soldiers, in a field hospital, 1915

Pharmacy in Germany, 17th century (engraving)
2450311 Pharmacy in Germany, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Medicine. Pharmacy. A pharmacy in Germany, XVIIth cent. Engraving, Germany, XVIIth cent.); Photo © CCI

Experimentation on himself of a sulfuric ether anesthesia by Charles Thomas Jackson (J805 - 1880)
PCT4292710 Experimentation on himself of a sulfuric ether anesthesia by Charles Thomas Jackson (J805 - 1880). This American doctor

A strolling vendor of perfumery in the time of Louis XIV, 18th century, the charlatans sold cologne, powders, elixirs
FLO4689511 A strolling vendor of perfumery in the time of Louis XIV, 18th century, the charlatans sold cologne, powders, elixirs, pilllules and opiaces - Engraving by Gabry

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220490 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter F, G, H and I. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe"
DUV4210181 Letter F, G, H and I. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " Le grand alphabet de Bebe". Paul Bernardin, bookseller-publisher, Paris, circa 1900. Bibliotheque des Bebes

Man sitting tied to a chair, evoking attacks of rheumatism and gout, around 1917 (illustration)
7298990 Man sitting tied to a chair, evoking attacks of rheumatism and gout, around 1917 (illustration); (add.info.: Man sitting tied to a chair with his legs crooked in a wooden straitjacket evoking)

Street show gives to announce the arrival of a doctor who came to sell his medicine in an English village
NWI4953912 Street show gives to announce the arrival of a doctor who came to sell his medicine in an English village. 19th century

Le medecin des pauvres, by Doctor Beauvillard, 1913 edition
PCT4264476 Le medecin des pauvres, by Doctor Beauvillard, 1913 edition.; (add.info.: Le medecin des pauvres, by Doctor Beauvillard, 1913 edition.)

Letter G. A sick child in a bed with a medicine (syrup) on the bedside table
DUV4210191 Letter G. A sick child in a bed with a medicine (syrup) on the bedside table. Engraving (Chromolithography - Chromo) in " The Great Bebe Alphabet"

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Towers: Manufacture of Kalmine tablets by workers and their machines, 1924
LUX4745829 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Towers: Manufacture of Kalmine tablets by workers and their machines, 1924; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Canon Medicinae (Canon of Medicine): Kitab Al Qanun fi Al-Tibb, more simply known in the West as Qanun or Canon
VEN5028197 Canon Medicinae (Canon of Medicine): Kitab Al Qanun fi Al-Tibb, more simply known in the West as Qanun or Canon, book of the medical laws of the philosopher

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young and beautiful nurse preparing medicaments for the wounded, 1915
LUX4741732 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young and beautiful nurse preparing medicaments for the wounded, 1915, entitled: the guardian angel

Portrait of an American Red Cross nurse pouring a medicine into a spoon. End of the 19th century
NWI4953455 Portrait of an American Red Cross nurse pouring a medicine into a spoon. End of the 19th century. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Tapestry, 1360-1420, from the Museum of Sigmaringen (Germany), depicting scenes from the epic poem "Guillaume
FLO4643520 Tapestry, 1360-1420, from the Museum of Sigmaringen (Germany), depicting scenes from the epic poem "Guillaume d'Orleans" by William IX of Poitiers

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Laboratoire Metadier: workers work in the conditioning of the Kalmine, 1924
LUX4745882 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Laboratoire Metadier: workers work in the conditioning of the Kalmine, 1924; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Chapel, Notre Dame de Bayeux Cathedral
7134898 Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle Chapel, Notre Dame de Bayeux Cathedral; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info.: Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux Notre-Dame-of-Good News Chapel late 16th century)

Silenes of the 17th century. Medical boxes used to preserve the remedies constituted by the apothecaries
JEB4893027 Silenes of the 17th century. Medical boxes used to preserve the remedies constituted by the apothecaries. Dim: height 21 cm x width: 30 cm depth: 21 cm. Wood, painted oak

Suzanne, Wisdom, Care, Health, Sugar, Syrup, Willow, Monkey, Snake, Mouse, Sound
DUV4224187 Suzanne, Wisdom, Care, Health, Sugar, Syrup, Willow, Monkey, Snake, Mouse, Sound, page 32 - Alphabet by Mademoiselle Lili, by L. Froelich and by a dad (Hetzel himself)

Young woman visibly suffering (sick) slamed on the knees of an older woman who makes her take a potion (medicine)
PCT4278522 Young woman visibly suffering (sick) slamed on the knees of an older woman who makes her take a potion (medicine) - etching (etching) by Tony Johannot (Antoine Johannot dit)

Don Quixote for an advertisement for the fortifying Globeol, around 1916 (illustration)
7415598 Don Quixote for an advertisement for the fortifying Globeol, around 1916 (illustration) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info)

Costume d'un medecin italian, 14th century - Italian doctor or physician
FLO4676721 Costume d'un medecin italian, 14th century - Italian doctor or physician, 14th century - He wears a velvet cap trimmed with fur, a black cape lined in white, scarlet robe

First surgical operation with sulfuric ether anesthesia at Boston Hospital by William Morton, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4292703 First surgical operation with sulfuric ether anesthesia at Boston Hospital by William Morton, 19th century (engraving) by French School

Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, circa 1910 (oil on canvas)
FIA5361199 Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, circa 1910 (oil on canvas) by Baranoff-Rossine, Daniel Vladimir (1888-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ether dreams - The dream of an etherise: illustration by Yan Dargent (Silver Yan)
PCT4286993 Ether dreams - The dream of an etherise: illustration by Yan Dargent (Silver Yan) for Louis Figuiers work " The wonders of Science or Popular Description of Modern Inventions"

Cataclysterium drugs - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries
LSE4089015 Cataclysterium drugs - Lithography, from Theatre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries, text and drawing by Louis Edmond Duranty (1833-1880), Paris, 1863 by Duranty

The experiment of strychnine (a very toxic alkaloide extracted from the vomic walnut), 19th century. (oil on canvas)
JEB4853590 The experiment of strychnine (a very toxic alkaloide extracted from the vomic walnut), 19th century. (oil on canvas) by Torrents y de Amat, Stanislas (1839-1916); Palais de Longchamp

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"Exploring the Medicament: A Journey through Time and Science" Step into the enchanting forest clearing of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, where Purple Foxglove blooms in abundance. This captivating flower holds medicinal properties that have been cherished for centuries. Travel back to the C16 Chemist's Shop, a bustling hub of knowledge and remedies. Here, skilled pharmacists concocted potions and elixirs to heal ailments and soothe souls. In an unexpected twist, Don Quixote himself becomes an ambassador for fortifying Globeol in a vintage advertisement from around 1916. The power of imagination merges with medicine as this iconic character promotes vitality. A humble Penicillin bottle stands as a testament to one of modern medicine's greatest breakthroughs. Its discovery revolutionized healthcare by combating infectious diseases that once plagued humanity. Journey further back in time to the 14th century Italian doctor's attire - velvet cap trimmed with fur, black cape lined in white, scarlet robe, and green sleeves. A visual representation of medical expertise intertwined with fashion. Witness history unfold at Boston Hospital during the 19th century when William Morton performed the first surgical operation using sulfuric ether anesthesia. An engraving captures this groundbreaking moment that forever changed surgery. Marvel at Red Square adorned with St. Basil's Cathedral circa 1910; a masterpiece on canvas showcasing architectural beauty amidst a backdrop steeped in medicinal history. Delve into "Ether Dreams, " an illustration by Yan Dargent depicting the surreal visions experienced under ether anesthesia—an intriguing glimpse into altered states brought about by scientific advancements. Enter Louis Edmond Duranty's Theatre des Marionnettes du Jardin des Tuileries where cataclysterium drugs take center stage—a mesmerizing lithograph capturing pharmaceutical wonders unfolding before our eyes in Paris during 1863. Experience both fascination and caution through "The Experiment of Strychnine.