The fifth room - "columned" room

Handmade laboratory machines (machines for the production of pills, fillers for ointments, machines for sterilization etc.) and functioning industrial machines like a machine for the production of tablets and a mixer for ointments and pastes are presented in the fifth, vaulted (“columned”) room. A high stoneware percolator presents the production of tinctures and extracts, while a portable iron small oven presents the production of Theriacs (treacles), potions and plum jams. Table glass cases concentrate samples of several kinds of application forms of medicaments and also several healing specialties of the prominent Czech pharmaceutical companies. The second line follows military medicine with archival and picture documents and travel first-aid kits that are similar to military ones. A sculpture of a white lion and a large renaissance mortar introduce the part dedicated to controlling activities (analytic scales, refractometers, microscopes etc.), chemical machines (machines for distillation, Kipp’s machine etc.). Busts of ancient philosophers introduce scientific research. Publications by teachers at pharmaceutical faculties are presented in the glass extendable cases. It is also possible to find here proofs of pharmaceutical wholesale trade and of corporate activities.

Exposition „The Magic of an Apothecary“

• The first room - entrance hall
• The second room - baroque pharmacy
• The third room - refectory
• The fourth room - the stock-room with materials
• The fifth room - "columned" room
• The sixth room - pharmacy of the second half of the 20th century

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The Czech Pharmaceutical Museum, Hospitál Kuks, 544 43 Kuks
Founder: Faculty of Pharmacy of Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové 5