The Pharmaceutical era . JOS. PELLETIER1788-1842. (Special Correspondence.) PELLETIER AND CAVENTOU. Paris, Oct. 5, 1897. The inauguration of a second statue to Dr. Maillot,about a year ago, brought home to French pharmacistsa curious and strilving fact—that -n-hile the -n-orthy armysurgeon who generalized the use of sulphate of quininewas thus doubly honored, the memory of the two Pari-sian pharmacists who were the discoverers of the rem-edy—Pelletier and Caventou—was not perpetuated bythe most modest monument. A movement was set on foot last February with aview of raising subscriptions, and a
The Pharmaceutical era . JOS. PELLETIER1788-1842. (Special Correspondence.) PELLETIER AND CAVENTOU. Paris, Oct. 5, 1897. The inauguration of a second statue to Dr. Maillot,about a year ago, brought home to French pharmacistsa curious and strilving fact—that -n-hile the -n-orthy armysurgeon who generalized the use of sulphate of quininewas thus doubly honored, the memory of the two Pari-sian pharmacists who were the discoverers of the rem-edy—Pelletier and Caventou—was not perpetuated bythe most modest monument. A movement was set on foot last February with aview of raising subscriptions, and a strong committeehas recently been formed among Parisian chairman is il. Planchon. the genial and popularDirector of the Paris School of Pharmacy; the vice-presidents. M. Moissan, well known on both sides of theAtlantic, and Inspector Marty, chief of the hundred oddphannncists of the French army. Prof. Behal is secre-tary, aided by M. de Maizieres (with whom, I believe,the statue idea first originated); while M. Bocquillon
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