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obtained  not  only  with  known  typhoid  urine,  but  also  in  remittent 
fever  and  frequently  where  there  were  no  febrile  conditions  at  all." 
The  article  referred  to,  twenty-five  years  ago,  conclusively  proved 
that  very  small  quantities  of  peptone,  creasote  and  a  number  of 
phenolic  or  other  substances  which  might  occur  in  urine,  either  as 
normal  constituents  from  food  ingestion  or  from  medication,  pro- 
duced the  reaction  claimed  by  Ehrlich  as  indicative  of  typhoid  fever. 
At  that  time,  the  contributor  wrote,  "  I  am  compelled  to  ques- 
tion the  claims  that  have  been  put  forth  for  this  test."  "  While  the 
absence  of  the  reaction  may  indicate  the  absence  of  typhoid,  the  pres- 
ence of  the  reaction  would  not  warrant  the  diagnosis  of  typhoid 
unless  supported  by  other  evidence,  as  many  of  the  products  pro- 
ducing the  reaction,  notably  phenol  and  peptone,  may  be  present  in 
the  urine  from  other  causes." 
G.  M.  B. 
CHARLES  CASPARI,  JR. 
By  Evander  F.  Kelly,  Phar.D., 
Baltimore,  Md. 
In  the  death  of  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  which  occurred  at  his  home 
in  Baltimore  on  October  13,  pharmacy  lost  one  of  its  most  notable 
exponents,  a  loss  which  will  not  be  fully  realized  until  others  have 
attempted  to  carry  on  the  many-sided  activities  of  this  truly  re- 
markable man. 
He  was  the  son  of  Charles  Caspari,  a  pharmacist  of  ability  and 
reputation  who  emigrated  from  Hanover,  Germany,  to  Baltimore  in 
1848  and  conducted  at  44  North  Gay  Street  the  first  German  phar- 
macy in  this  city  until  his  death  in  1870.  The  mother,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Louise  Kleyensteuder,  was  from  Bremen,  and  to  the  high 
ideals,  faithful  home  training  and  sound  preliminary  education, 
which  his  parents  provided,  did  the  son  ascribe  much  of  his  later 
success. 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  was  born  on  May  31,  1850,  at  44  North 
Gay  Street  and  made  his  home  there  until  after  his  father's  death. 
His  primary  education  was  obtained  at  the  private  school  conducted 
by  Mr.  Scheib,  pastor  of  the  Zion  German  Lutheran  Church,  in 
which  church  he  was  christened  and  which  was  next  door  to  his 
home.    Then  he  entered  the  department  of  arts  and  sciences  of  the 
