Schola Medica Salernitana

The Schola Medica Salernitana (Italian: Scuola Medica Salernitana) was a medieval medical school, the first and most important of its kind. Situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the south Italian city of Salerno, it was founded in the 9th century and rose to prominence in the 10th century, becoming the most important source of medical knowledge in Western Europe at the time. Quotes Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?Contra vim mortis, non est medicamen in hortis. Why should a man die who has sage growing in his garden?Gardens have no remedies against the power of death. Verses (c. 67, ed. 1667), reported in Jules Michelet, History of France, translated by G. H. Smith (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1882), vol. 1, bk. 5, ch. 1, p. 336 See also Alfanus I External links Contra vim mortis non crescit herba in hortis Category:Colleges and universities Category:Medicine