Mkhitar Heratsi

Mkhitar Heratsi (Armenian: Մխիթար Հերացի) was a 12th-century Armenian physician. He was born in Khoy (present-day northwestern Iran).[1] Heratsi, is often being called 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.

Bust of Mkhitar Heratsi

Yerevan State Medical University is named after Heratsi. The most prominent students of YSMU are awarded with "Mkhitar Heratsi scholarship".

He was well versed in the Persian, Greek, and Arabic languages.[1]

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. https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/healing-herbs-folk-remedies-in-armenia "In the twelfth century, the father of Armenian medicine, Mkhitar Heratsi, authored his pivotal book on fevers" (article from the Smithsonian Institution website)
  3. https://medium.com/@raffielliottian/10-reasons-why-armenia-has-become-a-medical-tourism-mecca-dadf22fd532f "Mkhitar Heratsi, known as the 'father of Armenian medicine' greatly contributed to the medical fields of surgery, diet, and psychotherapy."
  4. https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/am-yerev.html "Yerevan State Medical University...was named in honor of Mkhitar Heratsi (1110/1120-1200), the father of Armenian medicine and author of the Relief of Fevers encyclopedia (1184)"
  5. https://www.armenian-history.com/28-armenian-history/harticles/65-medicine-in-ancient-and-medieval-armeniamenia.html "Mekhitar Heratsi...was the founder of medieval Armenian medicine. He played the same role in Armenian medicine as Hippocrates did for Greek, Galen for Roman and Ibn Sina for Arab medicine."


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