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study  and  knowledge  of  plant  drugs,  and,  especially  by  his  text- 
book of  pharmacognosy  (1852),  and  by  his  master-work,  "Atlas  01 
Pharmacognosy  "  (1865),  had  laid  an  exacter  scientific  foundation 
for  modern  pharmacognosy.  Upon  this  basis,  Fliickiger  continued 
and  improved  the  new  structure  of  this  branch  of  applied  science. 
Fifteen  years  after  the  first  appearance  of  Berg's  text-book  he  pub- 
lished one  in  1867,  and  in  1875,  jointly  with  Daniel  Hanbury, 
enriched  English  literature  for  the  first  time  by  a  standard  work  on 
pharmacognosy,  namely  by  the  "  Pharmacographia."  These  two 
works,  the  former  republished  twice,  the  latter  once,  were  his  chief 
literary  achievements  and  will  remain  his  most  lasting  literary 
monuments.  Both  works,  apart  from  their  comprehensive  and  thor- 
ough treatment  of  the  subject  matter,  are  remarkable  for  the  intro- 
duction of  a  large  amount  of  historical  material  and  data,  lie 
recognized  the  superior  value  of  historical  research  and  cultivated  it 
with  all  his  inquisitive  and  critical  powers.  Fliickiger  became  the 
historian  of  pharmacognosy  and  his  early  demise  is  the  more  deeply 
to  be  regretted  and  is  the  greater  a  loss  to  the  world  of  science,  as 
he  had  in  the  course  of  his  life  accumulated  an  immense  amount  of 
historical  material  and  data,  preparatory  to  his  long  cherished  desire 
to  devote  the  leisure  of  his  ripe  and  declining  years  to  the  consum- 
mation of  his  life  work,  namely  the  writing  of  a  comprehensive  his- 
tory of  plant  drugs. 
The  same  bent  towards  the  historical  aspect  in  all  knowledge 
lends  equal  value  and  charm  to  his  third  great  literary  work,  the 
Text-book  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  published  in  one  volume 
in  1879,  and  republished  in  a  largely  extended  second  edition  in 
two  volumes  in  1888. 
Besides  these  main  works  Professor  Fliickiger  has  published  two 
more  concise  text-books  for  the  study  of  pharmacognosy  (Grundniss 
der  Pharmacognosie,  1884,  second  edition,  1894,  and  Grundlagen  der 
Pharmaceutischen  Waarenkunde,  1873,  second  edition,  1885),  and  a 
chemical  work  on  the  application  of  chemical  analysis  to  organic 
chemical  compounds  (Reactions). 
The  number  of  his  miscellaneous  writings  published  in  the  course 
of  many  years  is  great ;  they  embrace  biographical,  historical  and 
educational  essays,  sketches  of  the  culture  of  plants  useful  in  the 
industries  and  arts,  and  reports  on  original  investigations  in  the 
domain  of  chemistry,  pharmacy,  pharmacognosy  and  botany,  insti- 
