Turin, a print depicting a plague physician, the 16th-century sign of a barber's and surgeon's, a colour print showing a physician, a 16th-century wooden statue showing an opium-addicted man from a Piedmont pharmacy, an oil picture showing the anatomical theatre of the Ospedale della Consolazione, an oil picture showing a plague scene, two devices for anaesthesia of the beginning of the 19th century, a piece of furniture with the coat of arms of the House of Savoy, some book holders carrying 18th-century herbaria. Pharmacy Is the recreation of an 18th-century pharmacy, with terracotta paving and coffer ceiling. The wooden counter rises in front of the access door; a scale, used by chemist to dose powders, is hung over it. On the shelves there are pharmacy vases used to keep the medicaments: most of them come from the spiceries of Santo Spirito, San Giacomo and Santa Maria della Consolazione in Rome. Alchemic laboratory The setting of the laboratory intend to symbolize magic and superstition. The ceiling is decorated with a stuffed crocodyle; the laboratory houses a cast of the Porta Alchemica in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a 17th-century stone container, with cap and bolt, used to prepare the theriac, a chimney with an alchemist oven, an alembic and a still. The room houses other alchemist devices, such as bells used to cover formulations or collect gases and a device used to separate immiscible liquids such as oil and water. Notes External links Museums established in 1929 Museums in Rome National museums of Italy