Samuel Hahnemann Monument is a bronze statue, sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus

Charles Henry Niehaus

Charles Henry Niehaus , was an American sculptor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio.-Education:Niehaus began working as a marble and wood carver and then gained entrance to the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati and later studied at the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany...

 and designed by Julius F. Harder.

It is located at Scott Circle

Scott Circle

Scott Circle is a traffic circle in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and 16th Street, N.W...

, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue

Massachusetts Avenue

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 and Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

The sculpture was cast in 1896, and the monument was dedicated on June 21, 1900.

The inscription reads:

FEC '96 Gorham MFG Co

Founders

(First left bronze relief:)

C H Niehaus

(Second left bronze relief:)

C.H. Niehaus 1896

(First right bronze relief:)

CH Niehaus 96

(Second right bronze relief:)

CH Niehaus/FEC (Above niche:)

HAHNEMANN

(Base of figure:)

SIMILIA

SIMUBUS

CURENTUR

(Left side of figure:)

AUDE SAPERE

(Right side of figure:)

NON INUTILIS VIXI

(Below reliefs, right side:)

IN OMNIBUS CARITAS

(Below reliefs, left side:)

DIE MILDE MAGHT IST GROSS

(Left end post:)

ERLANGEN

DESSAU

(Right end post:)

COETHEN

LEIPZIG

(Back of exedra, center panel:)

MCM

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH SAMUEL HAHNEMANN

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE

HOFRATH

LEADER OF THE GREAT

MEDICAL REFORMATION

OF THE NINETEENTH

CENTURY

FOUNDER OF THE

HOMEOPATHIC SCHOOL

(Back of exedra, right panel:)

PARIS JULY 2 1843

(Back of exedra, left panel:)

MEISSEN APRIL 11, 1755

signed Founder's mark appears.

External links

• http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001740.htm
• http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/samuel-hahnemann-monument/
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/89710846/