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KMID : 0877120130260020149
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Journal of Korean Medical History
2013 Volume.26 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.160
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A Research on the Disease of King Sunjong in the Joseon Dynasty
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Kim Hoon
Lee Hae-Woong
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Abstract
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King Sunjong was the 27th King and the last King in the Joseon Dynasty. He lived an unhappy life as the prince and the King of perishing country. At the age of 22, He witness the death of his mother Queen Myeongseong by Japanese assassin. He has a weak constitution and have many diseases. He get varicella(â©Ôã) in infancy, and suffered from smallpox(ûõæ¹) at 6, and catched the measles(ô¸æÔÔã) at 12. At the age of 25, Having drunk the coffee that contained opium(ä¹ø¸), he had bloody excrement(úìÜ¥) and lose the 18 teeth. The Symptoms that appeared frequently at adult age are indigestion(ôòñø), diarrhea(àÜÞá), trophedema(ðëݻݩðþ), odontopathy(öÍΡòðü´) etc. This indigestion(ôòñø) and diarrhea(àÜÞá) are occurred by gastroenteropathy(êÖíóÜ»). This odontopathy(öÍΡòðü´) is the aftereffect from having 18 false teeth. We assume that this trophedema(ðëݻݩðþ) is occurred by cardiac disease(ãýíôÜ») and renal disease(ãìíôÜ»). The chronic diseases of King Sunjong are gastroenteropathy(êÖíóÜ»), renal disease(ãìíôÜ»), cardiac disease(ãýíôÜ»), rheumatism. We assume that the immediate cause of his death is the aggravation of the renal disease(ãìíôÜ») and cardiac disease(ãýíôÜ»). The medical treatments for him are hardly included in "Formal Records of the Joseon Dynasty(ðÈàØèÝðÈãùÖâ)" which is the prime governmental document. Many royal doctors in court used the traditional Korean medicine, but western doctors from Japan often treated him by medical techniques such as injection(ñ¼ÞÒ), consperg(ߤå·), liquid medicine(â©å·).
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KEYWORD
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Sunjong, Joseon, Formal Records of the Joseon Dynasty(ðÈàØèÝðÈãùÖâ), disease, cause of death, gastroenteropathy(êÖíóÜ»), renal disease(ãìíôÜ»), cardiac disease(ãýíôÜ»), rheumatism, trophedema(ðëݻݩðþ), odontopathy(öÍΡòðü´)
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