Maisch, John

The editor-in-chief takes pleasure in thanking his colleagues on the Editorial and Advisory Boards for their help in preparing this volume. Miss Janet D. Scott has been particularly helpful, as she has handled all the problems of nomenclature and indexing. The editor wishes also to thank Mrs. John Maisch for her help in preparing the manuscript, and Daryle H. Busch, without whose excellent help this project could not have been completed for many months. 

Another ally came in the form of an interesting communication from a mysterious M. (The speculation that M might stand for John Maisch is unconfirmed but is quite plausible given the breadth of his experience with the U.S. Army Laboratory in Philadelphia). M declared... 

As mentioned previously. Smith chose John M. Maisch to head the Philadelphia laboratory. Maisch could not have been more different from Creamer. This young German pharmacist held the professorship of materia medica at the PCP, and had an exacting mind with a penchant for detail. Described as of tall and commanding appearance, Maisch impressed virtually everyone who met him.55 it was no wonder that Procter s announcement of the laboratory experiment included a delighted mention of the fact that the Philadelphia post would be filled by our friend Prof. Maisch. 56 Procter was easily won over. Within a few months of its opening, the editor and voice for American pharmacy noted that great economy has attended the experiments, and aU has been done well. Procter warned that it would take time for a final verdict but observed, there can be but little doubt of the expediency of the measure, and under the care of such earnest workers as A. K. Smith and Prof. Maisch it wiU receive a fair trial. 58... 

John M. Maisch, Statistics of the U.S. Army Laboratory at Philadelphia, Proc. APhA 14 (1866) 272-278. 

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