Hippocrates' spot

The Salerno Medical School had its maximum splendor between the 10th and 13th centuries, especially due to the impetus given to it by the doctor Constantine the African, who earned Salerno the title of "City of Hippocrates" Hippocratica Civitas, from the name of the famous Greek doctor. People from all over the world flocked to the Schola Salerni, both the sick, in the hope of healing, and students, to learn the medical art. His fame became international as can be seen from the numerous Salerno manuscripts present in many foreign libraries. The School kept the Greek-Latin cultural tradition alive, blending it harmoniously with Jewish culture. The confluence of different cultures led to a medical knowledge that was the synthesis and comparison of different experiences, as evidenced by a legend that attributes the foundation of the School to four masters, the Jewish Helinus, the Greek Pontus, the Arab Adela, the Latin Salernus. In the School, in addition to the teaching of medicine, which was also practiced and f ollowed by women, the teaching of philosophy, theology and law was given.