Administered by Rutgers University, Busch Campus Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Business Office Hoes Lane Piscataway New Jersey 08903
Located Rutgers University, Busch Campus University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Building Piscataway New Jersey
Date:
1973
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On proper left side of plinth:) C. N. GEORGACAS SCULPTOR GREEK 1973 (On front of plinth is the name "Hippocrates" written in Greek) (On proper right side of plinth:) DONATED BY PETER T. SIDERIS (On plaque on front of base:) THIS STATUE WAS PRESENTED/TO THE/COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY/OF NEW JERSEY RUTGERS MEDICAL SCHOOL/BY/MR. & MRS. PETER T. SIDERIS/OF COLONIA, NEW JERSEY/AMERICANS OF HELLENIC DESCENT (On plaque on base:) HIPPOCRATES/460 B.C. - 377 B.C./THE FATHER OF MEDICINE/(followed by the text of the Hippocratic oath) signed
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Summary:
Full-length figure of Hippocrates. He wears a toga and sandals. He has a full beard. His proper right hand leans on a tree stump which has a snake wrapped around it. His proper left hand clasps the upper folds of the toga. He looks off to the proper left. The stone sculpture stands on a plinth which in turn rests on a granite base.
