12 INTRODUCTION. 
number and fame of his scholars, having raised the 
reputation of the school of Salerno to the greatest 
height. Some of his works have been printed, and 
others remain in manuscript *. 
The names of few of his disciples have been re- 
corded. We find mention, however, of Atto, chap- 
lain to the empress Agnes, who translated the works 
of his master from various languages into Latin™. _ 
Another, John, the physician, an eloquent and 
learned man, who published a book of Aphorisms, | 
and died at Naples, where he deposited the books 
written by his master. Gariopontus seems likewise — 
to have been a contemporary 2. 
It may not be uninteresting to ascertain the other 
celebrated physicians of Salerno in the twelfth cen- 
tury, and soon after the time when the Schola Sa- 
lerni was written. The earliest whose name occurs 
is Nicholaus, who, amongst other works, wrote @ 
book, still extant, entitled Antidotarium, upon medi- — 
_ * Constantini A fricani Opera. Basil. apud Hen. Peter. 
1539.—Bib. Bod. His history appears originally in the Chron. 
Casin. lib. iii, Cap. xxxy, and Peter Di , de Vir. Cas. cap: 
xxiii, From thence in Murat. Ant. Ital. vol. iii. diss. xliv- 
p- 934. Gian, vol. ii. p, 128. Fabric. Bib. Grac. vol. xiii Pre 
123. Bib. Med. Latin, vol. i, p- 1192, ete. 
*® P. Diac. De viris ill.-cap. xxix. 
7 Moreau, Prolegom. p. 11. 
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