The Landmarked Stuyvesant Polyclinic is being converted into a mansion. Should be some digs on noisy Second Avenue and St. Mark’s Place.
The Stuyvesant Polyclinic
Sunday, April 3rd, 2005
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Ottendorfer Library and The Stuyvesant Polyclinic. Second Avenue between St Marks Place and East 9th Street. These adjoining building were both designed by architect William Schickel and used molded terra cotta for exterior decoration. They date from 1884 when this was a German neighborhood.
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| From the plaque, now hidden behind a gate: “Stuyvesant Polyclinic formerly the German Dispensary. In 1884 William Schickel designed this building as a health clinic for the city’s German immigrants. It is an ornate version of Italian Renaissance design. The facade is enhanced by sculpted portrait busts of famous physicians and scientists, includingh English physiologist, William Harvey; Swedish Botanist, Carolus Linnaeus; French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier; and German naturalist, Friedrice Von Humboldt. - New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation 1989″ |
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| Anders Celsius 1701-1744 - For his metereological observations he constructed his world famous Celsius thermometer, with 0 for the boiling point of water and 100 for the freezing point. After his death in 1744 the scale was reversed to its present form.. |
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| Hippocrates (c. 460 BC–380 BC) - A famous, time-honoured medical rule ascribed to Hippocrates is Primum non nocere (”first, do no harm”); another one is Ars longa, vita brevis (”art is long, and life short”). |
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| Aesculapius - In Greek mythology, Aesculapius, son of Apollo, (often referred to as the god of medicine or healing) was a Greek healer who became a Greek demigod, and was a famous physician.His mother, the nymph Coronis, a princess of Thessaly, died when he was an among the Greek gods and heroes who were associated with health and curing disease. |
