| Armenian medicine and diseases of the kidney. | |
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PMID: 20013725 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The history of Armenian medicine is that of the common practice of medicine in caring for the sick through the ages, using mainly local medicinal herbs and natural products. Over the years, its practitioners persistently collected and recorded an expanding body of information on therapeutics and put it to use for the daily medical care of ordinary folks. Armenian medicine developed around the church and monasteries, which flourished during episodic periods of peace in an otherwise tumultuous and warring region. However, unlike the monastic medicine that developed in Europe, Armenian medicine maintained the rationality it had acquired from Greek medicine, and never resorted to magic, myth or amulets. Nor did it acquire or import saints. Armenian medicine is a classic example of the evolving art of therapeutics, whose record is preserved in extant manuscripts, saved over the centuries in monasteries, and now preserved in accessible collections. |
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Authors:
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Garabed Eknoyan |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nephrology Volume: 22 Suppl 14 ISSN: 1121-8428 ISO Abbreviation: J. Nephrol. Publication Date: 2009 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-16 Completed Date: 2010-04-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9012268 Medline TA: J Nephrol Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. geknoyan@bcm.edu |
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Armenia Christianity / history History, 15th Century History, Ancient History, Medieval Humans Kidney Diseases / history* Manuscripts, Medical / history Materia Medica / history Medicine, Traditional / history* Nephrology / history Religion and Medicine |
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