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Samuel Hahnemann Monument
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| Location: | Scott Circle, at Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. |
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| Architect: | Charles Henry Niehaus, Julius F. Harder |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07001055 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 11, 2007[2] |
Samuel Hahnemann Monument is a bronze statue, sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus and designed by Julius F. Harder.[3]
It is located at Scott Circle, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.[4]
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. [3]