Mkhitar Heratsi Explained
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
A 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]
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Notes and References
- 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
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- Web site: Elliott. Raffi. 2016-04-27. 10 reasons why Armenia has become a medical tourism Mecca. 2020-11-04. Medium. en.
- Web site: Yerevan (Municipality, Armenia). 2020-11-04. www.crwflags.com.
- Web site: Minasyan. Smbat. Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Armenia. 2020-11-04. www.armenian-history.com. en-gb.
- Book: Hacikyan, Agop Jack . The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century . 2000 . Wayne State University Press . 978-0-8143-3023-4 . en.
- Web site: Երևանի պետական բժշկական համալսարանի համառոտ պատմությունը. Administrator. 21 August 2016.
- Web site: Կրթաթոշակներ. ysmu.am. 2017-11-29.
