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Under the auspices of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy and the American Pharmaceutical Association, the life history of Carl Wilhelm Scheele, apothecary chemist of the eighteenth century, has been presented in booklet form by George Urdang, director of the institute. The booklet is a tribute to this outstanding apothecary and to the pharmacy profession, a tribute which reveals the true status of early pharmacy. In addition to presenting an outline of Scheele's activities, discoveries and recognitions, the booklet offers many pictures pertaining to his life, associates and the districts in which he lived. His achievements include the discovery of chlorine, manganese, oxygen, ammonia, many acids, and the purification and identification of numerous chemical compounds, all of which clearly demonstrate this man's curiosity and research and the valuable practical applications that followed his discoveries. It is a tragedy that death terminated at the age of 44 years the
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