A metal pharmacy box illustrating early 20th-century drug treatments. The label reads: "With Hamamelidine oleosulfonate – Non-toxic treatment of internal hemorrhoids – Cocaine and adrenaline free." The front is inscribed: Laboratoires É. Logeais, 24 rue de Silly, Boulogne-sur-Seine , with instructions for use printed inside the lid and the complete formula on the back.
✦ Origin: France, Boulogne-sur-Seine ✦ Estimated period: Circa 1930 ✦ Dimensions: 5.5 × 4 × 2 cm ✦ Material: Lithographed metal ✦ Condition: Good overall condition with even patina, inscriptions perfectly legible
This box is typical of the interwar period, when laboratories sought to reassure the public by emphasizing the non-toxicity and absence of cocaine , which was still used in some preparations until recently. A rare and unintentionally humorous example of pharmaceutical communication from that era.
