The Medical School at Salerno was founded in the 9th century as part of the dispensary of a monastery and reached its zenith in the 10th to 13th centuries. After that, the school at Montpellier, France became as or more prominent. The school's heyday began with the arrival of Constantine Africanus in 1077, a major translator of Arabic medical texts into Greek or Latin. Salerno was so proud of its school that the town became known as the Town of Hippocrates, and even today, a part of the town's coat of arms refers to the school. The images attached here give visual impact to this discussion.
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| Medical School of Salerno from Avicenna's Canons |
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| Trota or Trotula de Ruggerio |
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| Part of the coat of arms for the town of Salerno |
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| Constantine Africanus lectures to classroom |
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Medieval medical drawing of pregnant woman
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