HIPPOLITO SALVIANI. 43 



physic for twenty-two years. It would like- 

 wise appear that he wrote on medical subjects. 

 He published, in the year 1558, a book under the 

 following title, De crisibus ad Galeni censuram 

 liber ; of which a second edition appeared in 1589. 

 And amidst these scientific labours he did not forget 

 literature, but opened up a new avenue which 

 dramatists, who were accustomed only to follow in 

 the footsteps of the ancients, might pursue, by de- 

 picting the vices of his time, in a comedy which 

 was entitled La Ruffiana^ Rome, 1554. He is 

 supposed likewise to have been the author of various 

 satirical and critical productions, which appeared 

 anonymously at the time. 



Of his more private history we have been able to 

 procure no gleanings. He had two sons who sur- 

 vived him. The elder, Gaspar, acquired very consi- 

 derable literary reputation, and was a distinguished 

 member of the Academy of Humorists*. The 

 younger, Salust, trod in the footsteps of his father, 

 and practised physic in Rome with much reputation. 

 On the death of Marcellus II., his successor, Pope 

 Paul IY. confirmed our Salviani in the several 

 appointments he enjoyed ; and he continued to dis- 

 charge their duties with the highest credit till his 

 death, which happened in Rome in the year 1572. 



* See Maricini, torn. xxvi. p. 449. 



