Mkhitar Heratsi

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Bust of Mkhitar Heratsi

Mkhitar Heratsi (Template:Langx) 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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  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
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