THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
MAY,  ig02. 
EMIL  SCHEFFER. 
By  C.  Lewis  Diehx. 
As  near  as  I  can  now  remember,  I  became  acquainted  with  Emil 
Scheffer  in  the  autumn  of  1866 — possibly  in  the  spring  of  1867. 
Some  charitable  or  other  popular  entertainment  was  to  be  given, 
and  part  of  the  program  consisted  in  certain  chemical  experiments 
which  were  to  be  exhibited  by  Prof.  William  Hailman,  at  that  time 
at  the  head  of  the  German-English  Academy,  who  came  to  consult 
with  me  and  to  solicit  my  assistance.  In  the  course  of  our  conver- 
sation he  mentioned  that  he  had  also  been  promised  the  co-opera- 
tion of  Emil  Scheffer,  and  when  I  remarked  that  I  had  not  yet  met 
that  gentleman,  he  expressed  his  surprise  that  I  should  have  been  a 
resident  ot  Louisville  for  nearly  two  years  without  having  become 
acquainted  with  a  man  so  prominent  in  the  profession  of  pharmacy 
and  chemistry,  and  so  kindly  and  lovable  in  disposition.  I  explained, 
that  although  well  aware  of  the  high  professional  reputation  of  Mr. 
Scheffer,  he  had  been  represented  to  me  as  being  cold  and  unap- 
proachable in  his  disposition,  and  that  therefore  I  had  not  sought 
an  opportunity  to  become  acquainted  ;  whereupon,  assuring  me  that 
Scheffer  had  been  misrepresented  to  me,  and  with  evident  indigna- 
tion at  what  he  qualified  as  "  base  slander,"  he  insisted  that  I 
should  at  once  accompany  him  and  become  acquainted  with  a  man 
whom  he  considered  to  be,  and  honored  as  one  of  nature's  noble- 
men. Accordingly  I  met  Emil  Scheffer  on  that  to  me  memorable 
day  for  the  first  time,  and  I  may  say  that  from  that  day  to  the  Sun- 
day immediately  preceding  his  death,  which  occurred  on  January 
(209) 
