[[The Lactéol's laboratory of Dr Boucard (Laboratoire du Dr Boucard].

Shortly before 1910, Dr Boucard creates his laboratory in Paris. It manufactures and sells a drug based on lactic ferments the " Lactéol du Dr Boucard" (Dr's Boucard Lactéol) that will make the fortune of the physician. The article explains Dr Boucard's life and his relationship with the arts (painting and photography), and tells the story of his laboratory until the 2000s, referring to the pharmacists who succeeded them, as well as the various buildings where were elaborated Lactéol's variants.

[And Sarah Félix created "L 'Eau des Fées" and "La Parfumerie des Fées"].

century, the parisian perfumery of Sarah Felix was famous especially for her cosmetic "L'Eau des Fées" ("Water of the Fairies"), a dyeing supposed to give back to the old hair the color of their youth. Sarah Felix, sister of the famous actress Rachel, exercised several jobs before becoming perfumer. At first, she was actress, then she tried .

[The "catgut's" laboratory of Auguste Fandre in Nancy].

Auguste Fandre, owner of a pharmacy in Nancy since 1906, specializes his enterprise in biological analyses and in the production of sterilized serums and blisters. In 1907, he imagines the "Catgut Fandre". During the First World War, his production becomes enormous and he must reorganize his laboratory.

[Louis-Marie Rousseau and the "Chocolat rationnel des pharmaciens français" (Rational Chocolate of French pharmacists)].

In 1883, the chemist Louis-Marie Rousseau (1849-1930) creats the "Compagnie hygiénique française" (French Hygienic Company). The company manufactures and sells the "Poudre de viande Rousseau" (Rousseau meat powder) and the "Chocolat Rousseau" (Rousseau Chocolate) by methods developed and patented by the pharmacist. Ten years after a successful collaboration, L.

[Radium in pharmacy! Second Part: Pharmaceutical used of radium during the inter-war years].

This article presents the raise of patent medicines composed of radium during the inter-war years. Because of a lack of regulation, this production was getting anarchistic. It is studied throught many documents from pharmaceutical laboratories wich are kept by the Curie' museum.

[Radium in pharmacies! First Part : Pharmaceutical used of radium before the first World War].

The authors present in this part the creation of first radioactiv drugs, since the discovery of radium to the first World War. They present the industrial and chemist Emile Armet de Lisle and the pharmacist Alexandre Antonin Jaboin, first manufacturers of those new way of treatment.

[Laboratories "Produits Scientia" and mineral waters from Pougues and Carabana].

In the end of XIXth century, the french "Compagnie des eaux minérales de Pougues-les-Eaux" begins to exploit the spanish natural purgativ water of Carabaña. In the same way, Edouard Jéramec, director of the french compagny, decides to associate to his firm the best medicine to fight against rickets and tuberculosis. He joins the new medical theory wich recommends to give more calcium to tubercular patients, called "méthode de recalcification du Dr Ferrier".

[Radiated drugs, the way of health].

During the inter-war years, the word "radiated" did not only suggest radioactivity, but it was also used to indicate exposure to others radiations, such as ultraviolets. The actinotherapy, a new therapy in vogue, was applied to many pathologies and tried on many substances. "Radiated drugs" result of those experimentations.

[Ayurvedics drugs in France. Laboratories polytherapic, a test].

In the beginning of the thirties, Dr Jean Saidman, who has already created a rotative solarium at Aix-les-Bains, built another one in Jamnagar (India). When he was there, he discovered ayurvedic therapy. After the Second World War, with his friends Dr Rémus Krainik and the chemist René-Henri Monceaux, he set up a "néo-ayurvedic action committee", and then a pharmaceutical laboratory, "Polythérapic", to export to french colonies patents medicines inspired by indian medicine.

[The pharmacist Ludovic Dardenne and his chocolate hundred-years-old].

Launched in 1910, the brand "Yo-Yo" made the fame of the chocolate factory of the pharmacist Ludovic Dardenne for Luchon. It was then replaced by a "chocolate of regime" still marketed nowadays. The authors present three elements susceptible to inform this transformation: the first presentation of the chocolate Yo-Yo, its patent of manufacturing such as it was registred in 1911, and two typographic patches praising the merits of the chocolate of regime in the 60's.

[A Lumière's pharmacist: Marius Sestier (1861-1928)].

During the year 1896 Marius Sestier, the young pharmacist from the french city Lyon, becomes cinematograph operator for the Lumière brothers. Sent in Australia to use the recent invention, he must come back in France after only one year in the southern hemisphere. In Lyon, he remains in Lumière's service but becomes pharmacist again.

[A long-playing record: contraception].

The humoristic record "Contraception", recorded during the year 1976 by the humorist René Cousinier, conducted the author of this article to study contraceptives means used in France from 1968 to 1976. Here are studied firts pregnancy tests; the birth of Planning familial and Neuwirth law; each classical contraceptives. The Pill is fully related in detail.

[Spanish purgatives waters "made in France"].

Before the First world War, many french societies exploited spanish purgatives watters. The watter was drawn in Spain, but it was bottled in France for many reasons. The authors of this article explain the beginnings of exploitation of three of the most famous purgatives watters: Rubinat source Llorach, Carabaña and Villacabras.

[The Grains of health of Dr. Franck. From secret remedy to patent medicine].

After a short history of secrets remedies, the author presents the "Grains de santé du Dr Franck". She tells about their compound and indications, about their owner (Dr Audin-Rouvière) and its misunderstandings with the medical Academy because of the name of "Dr Franck". Finally, the author presents the evolution of this secret remedy to a patent medicine, sold buy Troncin laboratory.

[The Lance-parfum (perfume-squirter), a medical equipment which became a carnival article].

The perfume-squirter was a glass or metal tube. It contained parfumed ethyl chloride and was very famous as carnival article. Therefore, ethyl chloride in tubes existed before, and was used by surgeons for local anesthetics.

[An exemple of artificial mineral water : famous "Lithinés du Dr Gustin"].

This article presents the "Lithinés du Dr Gustin", a very popular medicine at the beginning of the XXe century. They were used as an artificial water, to treat gout. A first part of the article presents Dr Gustin, Arthur Mille, the chemist, and the "Lithinés".

[Turpentined vapour baths with coniferous oil].

This article presents the history of turpentined vapour baths used to treat rheumatismes. In the same time appeared patent medicines made with coniferous oil, sold by chemist near those baths establishments.

[Pharmacist Louis Tixier (1870-1958) and the beginnings of Hydroxydase].

With some papers from "Société anonyme des eaux minérales du Breuil et du Broc's archives, the authors explain the difficults beginnings of Hydroxydase, by Louis Tixier, a pharmacist.

[Smoke against asthma: history of a pharmaceutic paradox].

This article presents many products used against asthma since half of 19th century, until they've been took off from the market, in 1992. Thoses products were used in fumigation or inhalation, without any complex machine. They were powders, impragnated papers, cigares an cigarets.

[Phamaceutical effervescence around soda water].

After the presentation of the history of the growing of artificial mineral waters in France, the authors explain the pharmacists' functions in the production of Soda-waters. To illustrate their purpose, they use documents deposited in the Yvelines departemental archives.