THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY, 
JANUARY,  1894. 
PROF.  J.  M.  MAISCH.  - 
Professor  John  Michael  Maisch  was  born  in  Germany,  at  Hanau 
on  the  Main,  on  the  30th  of  January,  183 1,  his  father  being  Conrad 
Maisch,  a  merchant  of  moderate  means  in  that  town.  He  attended 
at  first  a  private  school  and  later  the  city  free  school.  When  at  the 
age  of  ten  he  had  passed  through  the  four  classes  of  this  institution, 
he  was  admitted  into  the  middle  public  school. 
Here  he  soon  attracted  the  attention  of  his  teacher  to  such  an 
extent  that  in  a  short  time  he  became  a  frequent  visitor  at  Pastor 
Wbrishoffer's  home.  By  him  he  was  employed  to  correct  the 
lessons  of  the  lower  class  and  in  return  received  instruction  in 
the  rudiments  of  French.  At  the  age  of  twelve  and  a  half  years 
he  left  this  school,  and  on  the  advice  of  his  parents  he  determined 
to  learn  the  jewelry  business,  Hanau  being  justly  renowned  for  the 
skilful  work  of  her  artisans  in  this  trade.  His  instruction  here  lasted, 
however,  only  a  few  days,  as  he  was  still  of  the  age  when  he  was 
compelled  by  law  to  attend  school  and  his  parents  could  not  obtain  an 
official  dismissal.  School  Inspector  Roeder,  on  the  recommendation 
of  his  Pastor  Wbrishoffer,  however,  obtained  for  him  free  instruction 
in  the  class  of  the  Realschule  into  which  he  was  taken  on  trial. 
Here  again  he  proved  an  apt  scholar  and  drew  the  attention  of  his 
teacher,  Pastor  Beinhauer.  Roeder  having  obtained  permission  to 
open  an  Oberrealschule,  Maisch  was  taken  into  the  third  division. 
Theobald,  the  teacher  of  Botany  and  Zoology,  became  interested  in 
the  young  student  and  revealed  to  him  the  wonders  of  the  micro- 
scope. Under  the  same  direction  Maisch  attended  botanical  and 
mineralogical  excursions  in  the  vicinity  of  Hanau.    These  oppor- 
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