Mkhitar Heratsi (Armenian: Մխիթար Հերացի) was a 12th-century Armenian physician. He was born in Khoy (present-day northwestern Iran). He was well versed in the Persian, Greek, and Arabic languages.[1] Heratsi, often considered the father of Armenian medicine,[2][3][4][5] was the author of the Relief of Fevers, an encyclopedic work in which he discussed, among other subjects, surgery, diet and psychotherapy.
Legacy
editA complete manuscript of the Relief of Fevers was discovered in Constantinople in 1727 and acquired by the French National Library in Paris.[6] A complete translation of the work was first published in German by Ernst Seidel in 1908. Yerevan State Medical University has been named after Mkhitar Heratsi since 1989[7] and awards the "Mkhitar Heratsi Scholarship" to excellent students.[8]
References
edit- ^ Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian. "The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century" Wayne State University Press, 2002. p 427
- ^ Vann, Karine (2017-05-19). "Healing Herbs: Folk Remedies in Armenia". Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Elliott, Raffi (2016-04-27). "10 reasons why Armenia has become a medical tourism Mecca". Medium. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Yerevan (Municipality, Armenia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Minasyan, Smbat. "Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Armenia". www.armenian-history.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ Hacikyan, Agop Jack (2000). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3023-4.
- ^ Administrator. "Երևանի պետական բժշկական համալսարանի համառոտ պատմությունը". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Կրթաթոշակներ". ysmu.am. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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