New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

..o,, M ,,puru oP TIE SCHOOL or SAIrRyuN Trans
i2mo pg !. Il. hprno"i'
M nd;.or of fbis volume has unCmthed a
i ,i,.e NJ auti1rity. performing a task which has
o,sidcr,lc interest literary experiment although
m scared, Iay claim o. great intrinsic importance The
medical hoal OF SalernO dates back 10 tle ninth century
I'D IL always spoken of with the highest reverence by
no ,crys writer's, account Of IT, ancient origin IL
e,criscd great sgctucss in the examination Of candf
dates fo- medical degrees, enforcing many rgid condr
tous ou ac novice, one OF Which was that he shouio
refuse all fees I the poor and have uo share OF gains
with aputhc, acs,au Observance which is sld 10 DC
not without IT, exceptions in modern practice After the
examination. the candidate was subjected 10 certain
solemn ceremonies book pat into his hands, ring
anon his finger. hs head was crowned with laurel ana
De was dismissed with kiss one feature OF the school
a. s4,rno will call forth the surprise Of medical men
who believe that the study of medicine should De con
tucd 20 the stronger sex, and that woman should be
permitted enjoy its privileges IL freely oleneds
halls and chairs Of instruction TO women, several OF
whom became professors and left important and Nau-
able treases ON medical science. THE justice of allow
lug every human being says Professor OrdrOnauX To
IN Whatever sphere in life God has endowed him or her
with fitness for. dogma IN the salcridn ethics
which might Nc probably initiated in this day OF superior
intelligence; the safety doing fully vindi-
Gated n the writings Of these female physicians, who
proved themselves the conservative and orthodox
a. writer's they must have been Of teachers Inc
winch mere ll1l>HiC0 from lht iitf ni'' W.
Latin Of the original the most celebrated
of an the numerous productions OF the saeruan school
Tie want OF familiar acquaintance with it conientsSo
a. 10 he able TO Ctiotc 10 ohaud occasion lcquIou
would have east serious suspicion upon the professional
culture Of any physician. Indeed. II was Sehc''l
favorite among educated readers Of all classes" II was
regarded as a book for The people containing he HoS'
.autarv directions he conduct OF physical ne An
edition OF was printed 10 Montpelier IN France a'eaiy
A. the year 1880 that time 1t has pased 'hr"us"
two hundred and forty editions in almost an "e ""
euages Of modern Europe and there have D'cn TO 'Ss
than one hundred and seven edition, III th' oilk'D'
Latin The traditional origin Of the poem is not without
atinge Of romance when Robert, Duke Of normandy
was on his way to the Holy Land in the FIRST crusade
under Godfrey OF BOu0n he pasedthe Winter oil 1880 al
Salerno M that time the metropolis OF Norman duchS
IA the Spring he sailed the Leyaut, arriving IN time
10 take plr I'm the siege Of Ncp After the fan Of Jeru
salem at the siege o' which ne wounded 10y an ar
row ina The right arm started FOR England, to claim
The throne which had become vacant by the death OF his
brother. William Bdus and on his way through Italy
stopped consult hyicians oi Sderuo about the
critical state OF his arm The wound had been caused y
poisoned arrow and the p.y ioiaHs thought that moth
inc suction of the part would effect cnre The KING
WAS unwilling subject one OF Dis brave followers
10 80 periloas Isb; when his wife, hearing Tie opinion
of his medical advisers and without informing him 81
her intentions. repeatedly sucked the wound while he
was asleep This CHANGED i- cntra character ana It
sonu healed Tie Faculty of the school. then CON
Nened Iu general council. and composed FOR his
benefit tbc present poem, which constitutes
regular code for tbr preservation Of health.
Tue truth of this pretty ic-cnd has, of course, been
called in question hy subSciucu critics, who advance
the more credible opinion that the poem Is the work Of
Arycral rap>cdist~ r~nai n !ts D~giu, and OF I'M
certain dale. According C them, t repI",cntsa ppccd
cycle which rst appears the middle Of the eleventh
reutury and terminates with the beginning % the mr.
fe,th leaving no means determine either the date or
the origin of tine successive interpretations Ever, ono
seems 90 have had share It's product. so that Is is
lie work % no special writer but rather fhe echo Of uni
VERSA common .,u~c matters % N -rn". The topics
discussed ' the poem rotate 10 air, food, ,Kcl~ sleep.
and other .ur conj ious OF health, and are treated.
in the opinion OF tue transia.or with nuch ,Sst
aud Judgment suggest important sanitary rnles 10
The profession go the present day. ir rendering
n, l.rlarous L,tiu rhymes into English, he ha,
allowed himself Cicat hutudc OF c'ustructon
without. however .nrriacin- the ray t.yor of tlr
original The UtroIuoon and Notes iornSn interest
iur 4prcuda. tu tlc volume although th"' occaslnn-
aIy contain expires. which SHOW that classical cu
turc aiyo. no guarantee for eN' Hence ~ sNlt Ih
want Of simplicity often afroutN the taste and tho les.
txcusaule in writer WHO aiorn5 his name with ih.
symbols # literary honor. and whose position should
preserve him from the Inflated language which yds once
supposed 70 mark the sophomore IN using -ur EXPIRE
sions as o. the dying rnher II classical scholar
ship ON the hearth,tone ~ moderu Medicine JOS,
constellation in the Ornament OF letters" Co. rescue
1hs waif fro.a Lethcar -ubmeriop "to destroy the
NTH Of an aphori,in by ifusng it through the water,
either Of clrcumlocuon Of Of metaphor the writer
shows that although college professor ne Iss st.u
something 10 learn Of the art Of composition.