Pages of the history of medicine of the sarmato-scythian tribes

The purpose of the study: Based on the analysis of available sources, to identify the originaladvanced pages of the history of medicine of the Scythians and Sarmatians. To conduct a comparative analysis of the culture of medicine of that era, the level of borrowing culture of medicine, assimilation of the culture of the Scythians with the culture and medicine of other tribes.

Research methods: The research methodology is a chronological analysis of the works of the ancient authors named below as primary sources, as well as materials and results of archaeological excavations described in modern historical literature. In the course of the study, a brief comparative analysis of the medicine of the tribes of antiquity was carried out. An analysis of the available scientific works, first of all, of Herodotus, Strabo, Pliny and Theophrastus testifies to the specifics and differences in the culture of medicine of the Scythians and Sarmatians, which are not similar to the culture of other tribes.

The result of the study: The research results are scientific facts: Greek historians (Herodotus, Pliny, Marcellinus, Alexandrian doctors Ctesias and Aristogiton) and highly cultured doctors of ancient Greece Abaris, Toxaris, Achilles, as well as the poet Ovid Nazon, recognized that the Scythian doctors Anacharsis and Toxarides are much known as doctors, not only among the tribesmen, but far beyond the vast lands occupied by the Scythians and Sarmatians.

In the history of world civilization, the Scythians and Sarmatians have left a bright and unique mark all over the world. They have supplemented the history of culture in general and the history of medicine in particular. To this day, the results of archaeological finds of Scythian mounds found on the territory of Central Asia and the Volga region contribute to the development of world culture and medicine.

Conclusion: The territory of Central Asia and Beyond is one of the oldest centers of world civilization. Since the end of the 111th millennium BC, the tribes inhabiting the territory of Central Asia (Scythians, Saks, Sarmatians, Massagets and Dahs), having assimilated with the indigenous tribes-Dravidians, laid the foundation of the culture formed by the beginning of the 11-1 millennium BC, ancient Central Asian peoples-Khorezmians, Sogdians and Bactrians-the ancestors of modern Tajiks.

In studying the medical-oriented culture of ancient and medieval peoples, close attention should be paid to socio-economic and cultural institutions, social consequences of the development of medicine. Only with this approach, “medical culture” can contribute to the formation of the concept of a “holistic person” as the author of the historical process. The history of medicine, as part of the general culture of the Scythians as a whole, and one of the most ancient cultures of the world civilization, has not yet been fully studied and remains the subject of study of many humanities and medical sciences.

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