i 9 i2] Albert P. Mat hews 374 



The work he was doing on the nervous system he regarded as 

 fundamental work in pharmacology, necessary before any real sci- 

 ence of pharmacology could be constructed. He had just reached 

 a point when the direct application of his methods to the solution of 

 the problem of how drugs combine with nerve cells could be begun. 

 To die at such a time was particularly cruel. Had he lived a few 

 years longer his recognition as one of the leading pharmacologists 

 of the world would undoubtedly have been assured. His work, like 

 that of his uncle, Robert Koch, was very thorough and exact, and 

 he proceeded in logical order to overcome one difficulty after another. 



Dr. Koch's personality won him many friends. He was a true, 

 loyal and courageous friend, entirely honest and of sane judgment; 

 he avoided making enemies, as far as possible. He was fond of 

 out of doors, and loved the hills, rivers and fields, and tramping in 

 the dunes near Chicago was his main recreation. He had a keen 

 appreciation of what was fine in music and in art. His was an 

 open, frank, kindly nature, considerate of others and slow to anger. 



His death by pneumonia, February ist, at the early age of 

 thirty-six, was an irreparable loss to his friends, to his University 

 and to science. 



PAPERS PUBLISHED BY DR. WALDEMAR KOCH 



KOCH (and C. LORING JACKSON). Die Einwirkung des Jods auf das 

 Bleisalz des Brenzcatechins. Berichte der deutschen chemischen 

 Gesellschaft, 1898, xxxi, 1457. 



(and C. LORING JACKSON). On the action of sodic ethylate on 



tribromdinitrobenzol. Proceedings of the American Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences, 1898, xxxiv, 119. 



(and C. LORING JACKSON). On certain derivatives of ortho- 



benzoquinone. Ibid., 1900, xxxvi, 1*97. 



The physiological action of formaldehyde. American Journal of 



Physiology, 1902, vi, 325. 



Zur Kenntniss des Lecithins, Kephalins, und Cerebrins aus Ner- 



vensubstanz. Zeitschrift fiir physiologische Chemie, 1902, 

 xxxvi, 134. 



The lecithans. Their function in the life of the cell. Decennial 



Publications, Chicago (University of Chicago Press), 1902, x, 93. 



Some corrosions found on ancient bronzes. Science (n. s.), 



1903, xvii, 152. 



