Vial of "Liver and Spleen - Syphilitic Rabbit" (f46)

Small clear glass laboratory bottle, preserved with its original annotated cork stopper. The handwritten label mentions "398 Liver and Spleen – Syphilitic Rabbit Dr Reignier – Sept 1912", indicating a sample taken from an inoculated animal model as part of syphilis studies. This type of preparation is part of early 20th-century medical research, a period marked by the experimental study of infectious diseases and the development of the first protocols in pathology and immunology. The presence of a precise date and the practitioner's name enhances the scientific and historical interest of this piece.

✦ Provenance: France
✦ Estimated period: 1912
✦ Dimensions: approx. 4 x 2 cm - (6 cm with stopper)
✦ Material: glass, cork stopper, handwritten label
✦ Condition: good overall condition with signs of age, soiling, and patinated label.

A bottle particularly evocative of early medical experimentation, ideal for a collection of scientific curiosities or vintage medicine. Bottles sold only as collector's items. Its contents and/or residues are preserved for heritage purposes, not analyzed, and strictly unfit for any use.