[[The Lactéol's laboratory of Dr Boucard (Laboratoire du Dr Boucard]. / Le laboratoire du Lactéol du Docteur 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.

[The "catgut's" laboratory of Auguste Fandre in Nancy]. / Les laboratoires de catgut d'Auguste Fandre, à 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. At the beginning of the 1920s, he undertakes the construction of moderns installations behind the pharmacy. These buildings are used up to the 1980s and then the laboratory is transfered to Ludres in the vicinity of Nancy. In the middle of these years, the old buildings are destroyed; they have been replaced by a fallow ground.

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

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.-M. Rousseau separates from his associates and founds the "Chocolaterie spéciale d'Ermont" (Special Chocolate factory of Ermont) in the village of Ermont near Paris. Here is manufactured the "Chocolat Rationnel des pharmaciens français" (Rational Chocolate of French pharmacists), hygienic chocolate sold only in pharmacies. The factory is also a pharmaceutical laboratory where is extracted theobromine from waste vegetable substances of cocoa. It then produces the "Théobromine Rousseau cristallisée" (crystallized Rousseau's Theobromine) sold as tablets, then the "Théosol" that will be commercialized until the middle of 1930s.

[And Sarah Félix created "L 'Eau des Fées" and "La Parfumerie des Fées"]. / Et Sarah Félix créa l'Eau des Fées et 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 ... oyster culture in Normandy ! Abandoning these activities, Sarah Felix became really a businesswoman in Paris. She dedicated herself to perfumery, in particular to "L'Eau des Fées", from 1866. To launch its product, she was associated to competency characters (engineer, pharmacist, physician) and benefited from the protection of the imperial family. A lawsuit between the associates and the 1870 war hindered the company's early days, but "L'Eau des Fées" provided with quality pledges, imposed itself definitely. The "Parfumerie des Fées" completed the range of its cosmetics with creams, powders, etc. Sarah Félix paid attention to present "L'Eau des Fées" as a dye devoid of toxicity. Was it really the case and could il be sold nowadays? These two issues are discussed in the last part.

[Radium in pharmacy! Second Part: Pharmaceutical used of radium during the inter-war years]. / Du radium dans les pharmacies! Seconde partie: Les usages pharmaceutiques du radium entre les deux guerres.

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. Those laboratories would obtain certificates from Curie Institute, to show them in their advertisements.

[Radium in pharmacies! First Part : Pharmaceutical used of radium before the first World War]. / Du radium dans les pharmacies! 1 Première partie: Les usages pharmaceutiques du radium avant la première Guerre mondiale.

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.

[Radiated drugs, the way of health]. / Médicaments irradiés, sources de santé.

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. Their therapeutical characteristics were found during searches on rickets. Our study relates the story of fight against rickets in France, from the use of cod liver oil to the synthesis of Vitamine D.

[Ayurvedics drugs in France. Laboratories polytherapic, a test]. / Médicaments ayurvédiques en France. La tentative des laboratoires polythérapic.

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 authors tale this experience suddenly stopped by the unexpected death of Jean Saidman, in 1949.

[Laboratories "Produits Scientia" and mineral waters from Pougues and Carabana]. / Les Laboratoires des Produits Scientia et les eaux minérales de Pougues et de Carabaña.

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". Then, with the chemist Emile Perraudin, he creates the pharmaceutical laboratory named "Produits Scientia". One of their famous patents medicines will be the "Tricalcine".

[The pharmacist Ludovic Dardenne and his chocolate hundred-years-old]. / Le pharmacien Ludovic Dardenne et son chocolat centenaire.

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)]. / Un pharmacien des Lumière: 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. He's employed as the responsible pharmacist of the new society created by Auguste Lumière: "la Société des Produits chimiques spéciaux "Brevets Lumière". This essay relates Sestier's biography and, concurrently, several drugs, foundation and development of those laboratories wich are well known as "Laboratoires Lumière".

[A long-playing record: contraception]. / La Contraception en microsillon.

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. Each part is illustrated with citations from the record.

[Spanish purgatives waters "made in France"]. / Les eaux minérales naturelles purgatives espagnoles "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 Lance-parfum (perfume-squirter), a medical equipment which became a carnival article]. / Le lance-parfum. Un matériel médical devenu accessoire de carnaval.

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. The authors study patents to prove this relationship and analyse letters written before the First World War by the Swiss perfumer Givaudan and a French physician, Dr Besançon.

[An exemple of artificial mineral water : famous "Lithinés du Dr Gustin"]. / Un exemple d'eau minérale artificielle a reconstituer chez soi : les fameux "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". A second part relates an action at law between the laboratory "Lithinés du Dr Gustin " and the syndicat of operators of mineral water from La loire.

[The Grains of health of Dr. Franck. From secret remedy to patent medicine]. / Les Grains de santé du Dr Franck. Du remède secret a la spécialité.

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.