358  John  Michael  Maisch.  {AlAuJusi, ^90^m* 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Society  in  1866.  From  this  latter 
paper  it  appears  that  the  aggregate  value  of  the  products  amounted 
to  several  million  dollars,  while  the  net  profits  resulted  in  a  saving 
to  the  United  States  Government  of  more  than  $750,000. 
We  must  go  back  here  a  few  moments  to  outline  the  connection 
of  John  M.  Maisch  with  the  Philadelphia  College  and  the  American 
Journal  of  Pharmacy.  His  contributions  to  the  Journal  com- 
menced in  1854  and  continued  uninterruptedly  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  a  period  of  forty  years,  during  which  time  by  far  the  greater 
number  of  his  original  essays  were  published  in  its  pages. 
U.  S.  Army  Laboratory,  Philadelphia. 
As  noted  before,  he  became  a  member  of  the  College  in  1859,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  institution  from  that  time. 
He  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  1 860  and  to  the  Publica- 
tion Committee  in  1861. 
When,  in  the  latter  part  of  that  year,  J  861,  he  went  as  professor 
to  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York,  he  offered  his 
resignation  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  This  was  not 
accepted,  however.  The  secretary,  pro  tent.,  at  that  time,  Mr.  Wm. 
C.  Bakes,  was  instructed  to  notify  Professor  Maisch  that  his  resig- 
