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John  Michael  Maisch. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      August.  1903. 
of  the  American,  or  Pennsylvania  State,  Pharmaceutical  Association 
will  remember  how  he  was  always  willing  to  accord  credit  to  anyone 
that  had  recorded  or  observed  a  new  fact,  and  also  how  mercilessly 
he  exposed  any  attempt  at  plagiarism. 
The  appended  list  of  papers  it  was  thought  might  be  an  incentive 
for  others  to  either  follow  along  the  same  lines,  or  at  least  take  up 
and  elaborate  on  some  of  the  subjects  that  are  here  mentioned  or 
partially  developed. 
Many  of  the  included  papers  are,  even  to-day,  of  great  practical 
interest,  while  all  of  them  bear  witness  to  an  earnest  attempt  to 
discover  and  disseminate  scientific  truths.    As  a  whole,  they  consti- 
Obverse  and  Reverse  of  Hanbury  Medal. 
tute  a  monument  to  the  industry  and  ability  of  an  earnest  and  inde- 
fatigable worker,  who,  without  exceptional  educational  advantages, 
without  rare  gifts  of  genius,  and  hampered  with  a  marked  accent 
that  indicated  his  foreign  birth,  strove  honestly  and  earnestly  to 
cultivate  and  improve  that  portion  of  the  field  that  was  apportioned 
to  hjm. 
A  Synopsis  of  the  Achievements  and  a  List  of  the  Recognitions 
Awarded  to  John  Michael  Maisch. 
Member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  1856. 
Member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  1859. 
Member  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
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