Mkhitar Heratsi

{{Short description|Armenian physician}}

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Mkhitar Heratsi ({{langx|hy|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.Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2gZzD0N9Id8C&dq=mkhitar+heratsi+khoy&pg=PA427 "The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century"] Wayne State University Press, 2002. p 427 Heratsi, often considered the father of Armenian medicine,{{Cite web|last=Vann|first=Karine|date=2017-05-19|title=Healing Herbs: Folk Remedies in Armenia|url=https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/healing-herbs-folk-remedies-in-armenia|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Elliott|first=Raffi|date=2016-04-27|title=10 reasons why Armenia has become a medical tourism Mecca|url=https://medium.com/@raffielliott/10-reasons-why-armenia-has-become-a-medical-tourism-mecca-dadf22fd532f|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Medium|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Yerevan (Municipality, Armenia)|url=https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/am-yerev.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.crwflags.com}}{{Cite web|last=Minasyan|first=Smbat|title=Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Armenia|url=https://www.armenian-history.com/28-armenian-history/harticles/65-medicine-in-ancient-and-medieval-armeniamenia.html|access-date=2020-11-04|website=www.armenian-history.com|language=en-gb}} was the author of the Relief of Fevers, an encyclopedic work in which he discussed, among other subjects, surgery, diet and psychotherapy.