Galust Amasiatsi ( Arm. Գալուստ Ամասիացի ) is an Armenian doctor of the 17th century , originally from the city of Amasya [1] .
| Galust Amasiatsi | |
|---|---|
| Գալուստ Ամասիացի | |
| Place of Birth | Amasya |
| Scientific field | the medicine |
Content
Biography
Dates of birth and death are unknown. Since 1669, he conducted extensive medical activities in Amasya, Samsun , Diyarbakir , Constantinople , Aleppo , Van , Adana , Marash and other cities. He was engaged in ophthalmology , surgery , treatment of internal diseases . For medicinal purposes, he used medicinal solutions, tablets and medicinal fruit juices [2] . Much attention was paid to rational nutrition, urging “to eat food as a medicine, so as not to consume medicine as food ” [3] . In matters of surgery and the treatment of traumatic injuries, he paid attention not only to hygiene , but also to the material of surgical instruments and sutures: for example, when injured with a dagger, saber or arrow, he recommended the imposition of silk sutures with a steel needle [4] .
He wrote a medical work devoted mainly to anatomy , pathology and pharmacology , which came to us in two versions: the original and shortened. Of the early Armenian doctors, Stepanos and Amirdovlat Amasiatsi often quoted, the anatomical part of the work is based on the work “On the structure of man” by Abu Saeed [2] . In total contains 155 chapters.
The Healer Galust Amasiatsi
Original text
- Manuscript
- Code No. 540 of the Mkhitarist Library in Vienna , 1669. 299 sheets, paper [5] [1] .
- Summary and structure
l 1a-16b: Various recipes, a list of chapters of the textbook.
l 18a – 41b: A short edition of “On the Structure of Man” by Abu Saeed .
l 42a-170b: The bulk of the work on pathology and treatment of diseases.
l 179a-201b: Pharmacological prescriptions.
l 202a — 227b: Medical Dictionary.
l 233a — 248b: General notes on medicine.
l 249a — 276b: Pharmaceutical prescriptions (“Ahrabadin”).
l 277a — 279b: List of disease names.
l 280a — 287b: “On the Sacred Places of Jerusalem .”
l 288a — 295a: Miscellaneous recipes, remarks, and autobiographical notes of Galust.
l 297b — 299b: Calendar tables.
Abridged Edition
- manuscript
- Code No. 554 of the Mkhitarist Library in Vienna , 1756/57. 215 sheets, paper [5] [2] .
- Summary and structure
l 1a — 145a: Sections on pathology, diagnosis , hygiene, physiology, and pharmacology.
l 145b: List of disease names.
l 149b: General remarks and notes.
l 153a: Excerpt from the pharmaceutical chapter "Ahrabadin."
l 179a — 213a: Short edition of “On the Structure of Man” by Abu Saeed .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 FC Conybeare. Four Armenian Tracts on the Structure of the Human Body // Studies in the history and method of science. - Oxford, 1921 .-- T. 2 . - S. 360 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Galust Amasiatsi = Գալուստ Ամասիացի // Encyclopedia “Who is who. Armenians. ” - Er. , 2005 .-- T. 1 .
- ↑ Undeservedly forgotten traditional and traditional medicine Archival copy of January 23, 2015 on the Wayback Machine // Voice of Armenia, 04/27/2013
- ↑ R.V. Nikoghosyan, A.E. Bakhshetsyan. The evolution of trauma and orthopedic care in Armenia // Medical Science of Armenia. - Er. , 2009. - No. 4 . - S. 17 .
- ↑ 1 2 Jacobus Dashian. Catalog der armenischen Handschriften in der Mechitharisten-Bibliothek zu Wien. Band I. Zweites Buch . - Wien, 1895 .-- S. 242, 246.