Storiascopio · Era 7 of 12 · lower secondary year 1
The Medical School of Salerno
about AD 950 · Salerno, Campania
In short
In Salerno one of the first schools of medicine in Europe was born, already famous in the 10th century. According to legend it was founded by four teachers: a Latin, a Greek, a Jew and an Arab. Students there learnt from the ancient texts of Hippocrates and Galen and, later, from the books of Arab doctors translated into Latin. Among the teachers were some women too, such as Trotula, an expert in women's health.
Why it matters The school was the model for the faculties of medicine later founded in universities.
Source: Treccani, entry “Salernitana, Scuola”
Where we are in the era “Early Middle Ages”
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about AD 480Event 22 of 25about 1000
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