Mikheil Asatiani (10 May 1882 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

– 20 January 1938 in Tbilisi) was a prominent Georgian psychiatrist, one of the founders of scientific

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in Georgia. He graduated from

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1907 and began work at the psychiatric clinic in Moscow. He eventually became head of the Department of Psychiatry of the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

in 1921 and served on the editorial board of the journal Psikhoterapia. In 1925, he established and headed until his death the Psychiatric Research Institute in Tbilisi, which posthumously was named after him. He directed hundreds of scientific researches and produced some 40 works on clinical psychiatry and psychotherapy. He is an author of original method of "reproductive experiences".

Death

One year before his death Mikheil was asked by an unknown youngster to visit a house on a given address and see a sick. He accepted and when he came to the address, surprised householders asked whence he had known the address. Then he learns that that youngster had long before been died. Just after this he suffered from

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leading to his death in a year. The fact that he could see, though temporarily, souls is said to be an omen of death.Vakhtang Rtskhiladze, pg. 67, ''Spiritism and soul invocations'', 1992

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asatiani, Mikheil 1882 births 1938 deaths Physicians from Tbilisi Svan people Psychiatrists from Georgia (country) Imperial Moscow University alumni Academic staff of Tbilisi State University