(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      August,  1903. 
John  Michael  Maisch. 
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short  duration,  however,  lasting  only  a  few  days,  as  the  boy,  being 
only  twelve  years  of  age,  was  still  required  by  law  to  attend  school, 
and  the  necessary  release,  by  the  proper  authorities,  was  not  obtain- 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH 
at  the  age  of  26,  taken  from  an  oil  painting. 
able.  Young  Maisch  then  attended  the  higher  schools  of  his  city, 
and  also  received  private  instruction  in  French,  Latin,  chemistry 
and  the  natural  sciences,  from  several  of  his  teachers,  who  took  a 
