• Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 2021

    Historical Article

    [Salerno, the first medical school in Europe - Birthplace of university medicine].

    • Ulrich Koehler, Björn Beutel, and Wulf Hildebrandt.
    • Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. 2021 Dec 1; 146 (24-25): 1593-1597.

    AbstractSalerno in southern Italy is regarded as the birthplace of modern European university medicine. A practical and scientifically oriented medical discipline developed from monastic and monastery medicine. The Salernitan school, which considered itself as "Civitas Hippocratica", was based initially on the traditions of Hippocrates, the Alexandrian doctors and Galen. In the 11th century a new era began with Constantinus Africanus, who translated the scripts of Greco-Arabic medicine into Latin. By the 12th century, nearly the entire literature by Aristotle, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna and Rhazes was available in Latin. Salerno became an important medical training centre - for women and men - with a fixed course curriculum and provided a public health system. Medical training was firmly established under Emperor Friedrich II who placed it under state supervision.Thieme. All rights reserved.

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