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AMIRDOVLAT¿
AMASIATS¿I
(b.
Amasya
ca.
1420/25;
d.
Bursa,
1496),
Armenian
physician
at
the
Ottoman
court
and
author
of
Angitats
Anpet,
an
encyclopedic
polyglot
in
six
languages
including
Persian.
Angitats
Anpet
is
by
far
Amirdovlat¿'s
most
important
accomplishment.
The
dictionary
attests
to
the
vast
knowledge
of
the
autor
of
remedial
properties
of
plants,
animals,
and
minerals
in
the
preparation
of
drugs.
Amirdovlat¿
shows
greater
preference
for
wild
plants
as
a
source
of
drugs;
he
recommends
the
use
of
saffron,
mandrake,
and
hashish
as
pain-relieving
and
sleep-inducing
drugs.
He
advocates
the
use
of
animal
organs
as
well
as
minerals,
particularly
the
common
salt,
for
drug
making,
and
recommends
various
preparations
with
iron
for
the
cure
of
abdominal
and
intestinal
ailments
and
anemia,
as
well
as
sulfur
ointment
for
skin
diseases.
Amirdovlat¿'s
first
known
work
is
The
Science
of
Medicine,
which
he
wrote
in
1459
and
revised
and
expanded
ten
years
later
into
a
study
known
as
The
Benefits
of
Medicine
(ed.
S.
Malkhasiants,
Yerevan,
1940).
His
other
works
of
note
are:
Akhrabadin
(1459),
a
detailed
description
of
medicinal
drugs
and
their
effect
upon
various
organs;
Alphabetical
Dictionary
of
Diseases
(1468),
a
brief
dictionary
of
pharmacological
terms;
and
The
Symptoms
of
Patients,
a
manual
for
physicians
dealing
with
symptoms
of
dying
patients
and
also
providing
instructions
on
minor
surgical
operations.
Bibliography:
Amirdovlat¿
of
Amasya,
Angitats
Anpet:
am
Bararan
bzhshkakan
niwt¿os¿,
ed.
K.
Basmadjian,
Vienna,
1926.
Idem,
The
Benefits
of
Medicine,
ed.
S.
Malkhasiants,
Yerevan,
1940.
H.
S
.
Anassian,
Armenian
Bibliology:
Vth-XVIIIth
Centuries
I,
Yerevan,
1959,
cols.
650-75.
K.
J.
Basmadjian,
"Les
livres
de
me‚decine
chez
les
Arme‚niens,"
JA
5,
Ser.
11,
March-April,
1915,
pp.
383-86.
Idem,
"Publication
des
oeuvres
d'Amirdovlat,"
Bulletin
de
la
Socie‚te‚
Française
d'Historie
de
la
Me‚dicine
19/3-4,
Paris,
1925.
Idem,
"La
systeàm
quadrilateàre
et
l'opothe‚rapi
chez
Amirdoviat,"
Bulletin
de
la
Societe
Francaise
d'Historie
de
la
Medicine
19,
Sept.-Oct.
1926.
A.
Ktsoyan,
"Amirdovlat¿
of
Amasya,"
Famous
Armenian
Cultural
Figures,
Vth-XVIIIth
Centuries,
Yerevan,
1976,
pp.
449-57.
L.
A.
Oganesyan,
History
of
Medicine
in
Armenia
(in
Russian),
5
vols.,
Yerevan,
1946-47,
III,
pp,
1-90.
H.
H,
Sepetjian,
"Amirdovlat¿
and
Pharmacology
in
Armenia,"
Studies
of
the
Armenian
Medicine
and
Biology
Sector
of
the
Armenian
SSR
Academy
of
Sciences,
no.
2,
Yerevan,
l949.
V.
Torkomian,
"Amirdovlathe
d'Amassie,
me‚decin
arme‚nien
du
XVe
sieàcle:
sa
vie
et
ses
ouvrages,"
Bulletin
de
la
Socie‚te‚
Française
d'Histoire
de
la
Me‚decine,
Paris,
1914.
Idem,
Panegyric
on
the
Physician
Amirdovlat¿
of
Amasya,
Istanbul,
1922.
(AVEDIS
K.
SANJIAN)
15
September
2003
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