Iberian medicineGeorgian

manuscripts

By muzaffar khan alam khan

Pre-historical era

• Scientists believe in pre historical era that entire area from MESOPOTAMIA TO THE BRITISH ISLANDS including ENTIRE SOUTH EUROPE with one raceor even MEGAETHINICS was setteled.

• For eg: semites and indo-Europeans mostly have similiarities than differences they spoke same languages and more similar to the ancient Georgian(Caucasian) languages.

• In that same period on the anatonian peninsula and to its northern in historical sources the state unions DIAOKHI/DIAOXI and KOLKH/COLCHIS • They are called Georgian or at least proto

Georgian countries.

• All are above- mentionesd a single ethno cultural area.

• Theu are no fundamental differences between these two ethnonyms.

Colchian Dragon Athena and jason

Kolch medicine

• Kurt Joachim sprengel in his 5 vol medical history work “verfuch einer pragmatifchen gefchichte der arzneukunde” which describes the traditions of different countries.

• 14 – 7 centuries B.C.kolcha has been existed in south and east line ofblack sea has been proved.

Fabulous treasure

• The golden wool of flying ram- golden golden fleece is the most famous treasures

• Acording to many scientists they are considered as the symbol as the Divine wisdom established in colchis.

• Generally it was mentioned in “arogonautics” is a mythos it is difficult to make the difference between the allergic and the real facts.

Colchian coins

Colchian gold

Various forms of remedies:

• “Aroganatus” means  "Argo sailors". says At nights she used to wander near the temples among the corpses and plants for treatment.

• It is quick and effective treatment of wounds.

• “Medea healed with special herbs and roots in a few days” (diodorus siculus).

The arogonautus in colchis (Frick collection)

Gathering of the Argonauts, Attic red-figurekrater, 460–450 BC,Louvre (G 341) & The Argo,

by Lorenzo Costa

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After medea

• Pelasg-Hellenistic hybrid civilisation, after so called “DARK PERIOD” (XII-VIII cc)

• Claudius - the roman author (395, B.C.) “ iam well aware of juices of various plants and the actions of those death plants that grow in the Caucasus, known for its abundant poisonous plants” . “poplar” as “Vine”, making this plant more sacral.

GMM:USTSORO KARABADINI

• In 20 centuries already studied the two major Georgian manuscripts:

1.The book TSIGINI SAAKIMOI Turn of 13 TH century

2.LADIGAR DAUDI, the end of 16 th century

Ladigar daudi

• These materials preserved in Georgian stste museum or in the city of Tbilisi

• The research could not be covered by these materials were not sufficient

• They are preserved in other cities of USSR.

• Mostly all the historical medical manuscripts preserved in archives of leningard were dated and described old and new works are of great importance into research for research of old Georgian medicine.

1. Medea's face (E. Berdzenishvili) became the symbol of Georgian medicine

• The first medical book, Ustsoro Karabadini still extant, is dated 10th century.

• The level of Georgian medicine is given in the literary record of the 5thcentury Martyrdom of Shushanik, in which theauthor gives not only the methods of treatment and care of the patient, but also describes the direct and indirect causes of disease

Medea's face (E. Berdzenishvili)

2. Mythridate the Pontian preparing drugs (T. Mirzashvili)

• In the 13th century Khojakopili wrote a medical book Tsigni Saakimoi which corresponds with the "golden period" of Georgian history

• The last big work in medicine of old Georgia was ladigar Daudi written by David Batonishvili (Bagrationi) (16th century AD).There are more than 500 medical manuscripts in Georgian and foreign libraries.

(T. Mirzashvili)

3. Zaza Phanaskerteli the Georgian philosopher, medical author and

physician of 15th century (Mural at Kintsvisi Monastery).• Dozens of brilliant Georgian physicians received their

education in Russian and European medical schools. In Tbilisi, the Caucasian Medical Society was founded, which had a worldwide response and whose honorary members included Virkhov, Pirogov, Pasteur, Hirstli and Mechnikov.

Zaza Phanaskerteli the Georgian philosopher

Summary to GMM:

• Georgian medicine as well as the whole culture of Georgia, is one of the oldest in the world

• In more than the 500 medical manuscripts preserved and since described, there are traces of Sumerian medicine.