Rare set of four clear glass vials with old cork stoppers and original handwritten labels, bearing evocative mentions of organotherapy or opotherapy preparations - notably "Healthy sheep - bile" and "Healthy sheep - liver" - with dilution indications such as 1/30, 1/60 and 1st dec. The set exudes a very strong visual presence, between an old laboratory, an experimental pharmacy, and a cabinet of curiosities, with that rare blend of formal simplicity and scientific mystery typical of early 20th-century medical preparations. Organotherapy is well within the therapeutic history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the old dilution notations reinforce this interpretation.
✦ Provenance: France ✦ Estimated period: Circa 1900-1920 ✦ Dimensions: approx. 10 x 2 cm ✦ Material: glass, cork, handwritten labels ✦ Condition: good overall condition with signs of age, dirt, old corks with small losses and wear.
An unusual collection, ideal for enriching a cabinet of curiosities, a collection of antique pharmacy items, or a display centered on the medical and experimental world. Old vials sold only as collector's items. Their contents and/or residues are preserved for historical purposes, unanalyzed, and strictly unfit for any use.
