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Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1894 
tical  contributions,  whilst  Prof.  Maisch  supplied  the  botanical, 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  material;  this  work  has  gone  through 
four  editions.  He  doubtless  felt  the  necessity,  as  his  duties 
multiplied,  of  giving  the  most  attention  to  Pharmacognosy,  and 
it  has  been  fortunate  for  American  Pharmacy  that  he  recognized 
the  direction  in  which  he  could  use  his  talents  to  the  best 
advantage.  That  he  was  fond  of  chemical  investigation,  no 
one  can  doubt ;  the  many  chemical  papers  which  have  been  pub- 
lished in  the  Journal  will  attest  to  this  truth ;  his  devotion  to 
the  interests  of  Pharmacy  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  nearly  all  of 
his  contributions  have  a  bearing  upon  subjects  more  or  less  directly 
connected  with  the  alleviation  of  human  suffering. 
The  second  paper,  which  he  wrote  in  1854,  was  on  "  Liquor  Ferri 
Iodidi."  His  subsequent  contributions  were  as  follows:  In  1855, 
three  chemical  papers  and  two  translations  ;  in  1856,  three  papers 
on  "  The  Relations  of  Physicians  and  Pharmacists,"  and  five  on  phar- 
maceutical subjects.  Of  six  papers  appearing  in  1857,  four  were  on 
pharmacy  and  two  were  chemical ;  in  1858,  four  pharmaceutical  and 
one  chemical  paper ;  in  1859,  six  pharmaceutical  and  one  on  a  new 
system  of  German  weights ;  in  i860,  three  chemical  and  five  phar- 
maceutical ;  there  also  appeared  in  this  year  a  very  useful  feature, 
"Abstracts  from  Foreign  Journals,"  which  Professor  Maisch  termed 
"  Gleanings."  His  "  Announcement  of  the  School  of  Practical 
Chemistry  and  Pharmacy,"  800  Arch  Street,  of  which  he  was  made 
Director,  appears  in  the  May  number  of  this  year. 
On  the  24th  of  September,  i860,  he  was  elected  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  His 
first  botanical  paper  appeared  in  the  Journal  in  1861,  and  is  entitled 
"  On  Chelidonium  Majus."  This  contains  also  a  chemical  account 
of  the  constituents  and  properties  of  the  plant.  This  was  one  of 
his  active  years,  for  there  were  published  besides  six  chemical,  three 
pharmaceutical  and  four  papers  on  gleanings. 
In  1862,  he  wrote  one  botanical  and  two  chemical  papers  and 
one  on  gleanings;  in  1863,  one  pharmaceutical,  two  chemical  and 
one  on  gleanings;  in  1864,  two  pharmaceutical,  two  chemical  and  one 
on  gleanings;  in  1865  and  1866,  one  chemical  paper  each  year.  In 
1867,  thirteen  papers,  seven  of  which  were  pharmaceutical;  in 
1868,  one  chemical,  one  botanical  and  three  gleanings;  in  1869, 
one  pharmaceutical,  one  botanical  and  four  gleanings  ;  in  1870,  his 
