Mkhitar Heratsi

Bust of Mkhitar Heratsi

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]

References

1. 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
2. Vann, Karine (2017-05-19). "Healing Herbs: Folk Remedies in Armenia". Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
3. Elliott, Raffi (2016-04-27). "10 reasons why Armenia has become a medical tourism Mecca". Medium. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
4. "Yerevan (Municipality, Armenia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
5. Minasyan, Smbat. "Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Armenia". www.armenian-history.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
6. 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.
7. Administrator. "Երևանի պետական բժշկական համալսարանի համառոտ պատմությունը". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
8. "Կրթաթոշակներ". ysmu.am. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

External links

• The website of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi