276 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



The College of Pharmacy attracted the attention of 

 Mr. Maisch as soon as he arrived in Philadelphia, and it 

 was not long hefore he was elected a member, and became 

 a contributor to its journal. The earnest manner and 

 industrious habits of the young German made an impres- 

 sion upon the Editor of the Journal and the Professor of 

 Pharmacy in the College, AVilliam Procter, Jr. On the 

 relinquishment of the chair of pharmacy, in 1866, by 

 Professor Procter, on account of ill health, John M. Maisch 

 was called upon to fill the vacancy. In 1867, however. 

 Professor Maisch exchanged chairs with Professor Parrish, 

 and at the same time the title of the chair of materia 

 medica, formerly held by Professor Parrish was enlarged, 

 so that it became that of materia medica and botany. 

 Professor ^laisch retained the chair of materia medica and 

 botany until the time of his death, a period of twenty-six 

 years, and the services whicli he has rendered to American 

 Pharmacy during this time will never be forgotten. 



When ill-health compelled Professor Procter, in 1870, 

 to resign the editorship of the American Journal of Pharmarj/y 

 Professor Maisch was unanimously chosen to fill the posi- 

 tion, and at the same time the Journal was enlarged by 

 making it a monthly instead of a bi-monthly publication, 

 and the same qualities, with which he was so plentifully 

 endowed, were now enlisted in this new field of labor. The 

 year 1870 was an eventful one for him, for in addition to 

 his other duties, he was called to take charge of the chemical 

 laboratory, which had been organized in the college, through 

 the eff'orts of the Alumni Association. 



His interest in pharmaceutical literature, and Ms 

 desire to add to the sum of knowledge in his chosen pro- 



