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is  engraved  on  the  cup.  This  cup  now  contains  the  names  of 
students  from  the  following  countries :  Switzerland,  Germany,  France, 
Russia,  Finland,  Norway,  Sweden,  Holland,  Italy,  Bulgaria,  Rou- 
mania,  Japan  and  the  United  States. 
The  publications  of  the  Institute  at  present  form  six  volumes, 
which  have  appeared  principally  in  the  Schweiz.  Wochenschr.  fur 
Chem.  und  Pharm.  and  the  Archive  der  Pharmacie. 
Professor  Tschirch  is  a  very  voluminous  writer,  his  contributions 
upon  various  subjects  number  over  400  articles,  a  list  of  those  written 
previous  to  1 895  may  be  found  in  *«  Gallerie  hervorragender  Thera- 
peutiker  und  Pharmakoghosten  der  Gegenwart,"  by  B.  Reder. 
Of  those  written  since  1895  doubtless  the  best  known  are  those  upon 
Oxymethylanthraquinone  bearing  drugs. 
His  publications  that  have  appeared  in  book  form  consist  of : 
"  Grundlagen  der  Pharmakognosie,"  with  Fliickiger.  1885. 
"  Untersuchungen  liber  das  Chlorophyll."    Berlin,  1884. 
"  Angewandte  Pflanzenanatomie."    Vienna,  1889. 
"  Wandtafeln  fur  den  Unterricht  in  der  Pflanzenphysiologie,"  with 
Frank.  1889. 
"  Indische  Heil-  und  Nutzpflanzen  und  deren  Kultur,"  contains  128 
illustrations.    Berlin,  1892. 
"  Das  pharmazeutische  Universitatsinstitut  und  das  academische 
Studium  der  Pharmazeuten  in  der  Schweiz,  Deutschland  und 
Oestreich."    Berne,  1 891. 
"  Das  Kupfer  vom  Standpunkte  der  gerichtlichen  Chemie,  Toxi- 
cologic und  Hygiene."    Stuttgart,  1893. 
"  Anatomischer  Atlas  der  Pharmacognosie  und  Nahrungsmittel- 
kunde,"  with  Oesterle.    1893,  1898. 
"  F.  A.  Fliickiger.    Biographic"    Berlin,  1895. 
"Die  Harze  und  die  Harzbehalter."    Berlin,  1900. 
Professor  Tschirch  is  a  man  of  strong  physique  and  capable  of 
performing  an  endless  amount  of  work  with  apparent  ease.  Besides 
being  an  active  member  of  a  number  of  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 
societies  he  is  president  of  one  of  the  pharmacy  examining  boards 
of  Switzerland,  of  which  there  are  four.  He  is  vice-president  of  the 
commission  for  the  revision  of  the  "  Pharmacopoeia  Helvetica,"  and 
one  of  its  most  active  workers. 
As  a  lecturer,  he  speaks  distinctly  and  forcibly,  frequently  illus- 
trating his  lectures  with  colored  crayon  which  he  uses  very  effec- 
