Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu have successfully unified the world by launching from the Warring States period. Died of illness, not on the battlefield.
Of course, the two who reigned at the top of Japan had their own doctors, but in their later years they were not treated.
If we had been treated properly, the history of Japan might have changed.
Cause of death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
August 1598 Toyotomi Hideyoshi Died.
Suffering from diarrhea and stomachache, confusion It seems that there was also a case.
The name of the disease is stomach cancer, syphilis It is said that this is not the case, but in the opinion of modern doctors, beriberi It is said that there is a strong suspicion. Repeating confusion is Wernicke's encephalopathy It is the same as the symptom caused by beriberi.
Beriberi was a common illness in the aristocratic class during the Hideyoshi era. The cause is a deficiency of vitamin B1. It is known that vitamin B1 is abundant in rice bran and low in polished white rice. In addition, vitamin B1 tends to be deficient due to excessive intake of carbohydrates and alcohol.
Perhaps the unification of the world and the aristocratic diet made him sick.
Hideyoshi's doctor is Manase Gensaku
Song Manase Gensaku Was a well-known doctor who was treating the illnesses of many Sengoku warlords and upper class people at that time. Of course, Hideyoshi, a world-renowned man, also used it heavily.
But 1595 Toyotomi Hidetsugu However, when he was banished and seppuku on suspicion of rebellion, those related to Hidetsugu became a collective punishment and were sentenced to severe punishment. At that time, Manase Gensaku, who was Hidetsugu's doctor and advisor, was exiled along with Shuji.
Although Gensaku had experience in treating a patient with beriberi, he was exiled in the distance and could not treat Hideyoshi's beriberi, resulting in his death in 1598.
Cause of death of Ieyasu Tokugawa
If you like history, it's common sense, but Ieyasu Tokugawa was a pretty healthy nerd.
I ate barley rice, devoted myself to coarse food, and tried to exercise in falconry. Also, his health nerd got sick and created a herb garden, where he used the herbs to formulate medicines to treat his illness.
The famous cause of Ieyasu's death is [ overeating tempura . ]. Ieyasu, who had a thorough diet, couldn't beat the rare tempura.
Then, three months after eating tempura, he suffered from abdominal pain and died.
One theory is food poisoning? It was said that it was impossible because it took him three months to die.
According to the established theory, Ieyasu may have stomach cancer.
At that time, Ieyasu had a lump that he could feel by touching his stomach. In advanced gastric cancer, a lump in the abdomen may be touched. Ieyasu called it [ the work of parasites ] Then self-diagnosis and self-prepared medicine I continued to drink.
Not limited to Ieyasu, Sengoku warlords always tried to replenish salt such as miso, umeboshi, and salt.
It is known that excessive salt promotes the growth of Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastric cancer and gastric ulcer, but Ieyasu is also said to have gastric cancer due to excessive salt.
Not only Ieyasu and Hideyoshi, but the Sengoku warlords were always paying attention to salt supply such as miso, umeboshi, and salt. Studies have shown that excess salt promotes the growth of Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastric cancer and gastric ulcers.
Perhaps Ieyasu suffered from stomach cancer and overeating Thai tempura may have exacerbated his condition.
Ieyasu's doctor, Muneaki Katayama, had a different diagnosis.
Ieyasu as well as Hideyoshi Muneaki Katayama There was an attending doctor who said.
He palpates the lump in Ieyasu's abdomen [ parasite's work ] I did not diagnose it.
Also, Ieyasu advised him to stop taking the medicine because it was a powerful medicine, but Ieyasu, a health nerd, was angry because he was confident in his diagnosis and medicine, and exiled Sotetsu. It's gone.
After all, Ieyasu, who did not receive the correct treatment, exacerbated his condition 1616 . Died in. Ieyasu lived to be 74 years old and had a longer life than other Sengoku daimyo, but it seems that he could have lived a little longer if he had been properly treated.
In this way, both Hideyoshi and Ieyasu exiled a person called a famous doctor himself, and died because he could not receive appropriate treatment when he needed the most doctor. Mochi is said to be a mochi shop, and if you were a person who listened to what the doctor said, the history of Japan might have changed.