Louis Pasteur Memorial - Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
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N 41° 52.482 W 087° 40.407
16T E 444117 N 4636083
A bust of Pasteur sits atop a tall Art Deco shaft which rests on a low rectangular base. Located in the green space in front of the old Cook County Hospital.
Waymark Code: WM3RPF
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2008
Views: 67
A sculpture of a female and two children appears on the west side of the shaft. On the other side of the shaft a nude female reaches up holding palm fronds and a wreath in her outstretched hands. Other sculptural elements on the shaft include two goat heads and a panel of grapes.
Inscription: Leon Hermant, Sculptor
(On bronze plaque, rear of base:)
"ONE DOESN'T ASK OF
ONE WHO SUFFERS: WHAT
IS YOUR COUNTRY AND
WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION?
ONE MERELY SAYS, YOU
SUFFER. THIS IS ENOUGH
FOR ME, YOU BELONG TO
ME AND I SHALL HELP YOU."
LOUIS PASTEUR
(On front of base:)
ERECTED
TO
LOUIS PASTEUR
SERVANT OF
HUMANITY
BY
THE PEOPLE
OF CHICAGO
1928
(On front of base, lower section:) PASTEUR
(Carved on back of base:) Edw. Bennet signed
Formerly located Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois 1928-1946. In 1946 the West Side Medical Center Commission arranged to move the memorial to its present location in the center of green space in front of Cook County Hospital so it could be an inspiration to the medical students training in the area.
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