Beriberi Shoshin

Japanese: 脚気衝心 - かっけしょうしん
Beriberi Shoshin
〘 noun 〙 A specific symptom of beriberi, sudden cardiac failure. It causes breathing difficulties, chest tightness, vomiting, etc., and often results in death within one to three days. *From Edo to Tokyo (1922) <Yada Soun> 8 "The disease was what is known as dry beriberi in Chinese medicine (hikkake) - today's beriberi shoshin (kakeshoshin) , so there was nothing we could do."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 脚気に伴う特有な症状で、急激な心臓機能の不全。呼吸困難、胸苦しさ、嘔吐などを起こし、一~三日で死亡することが多い。※江戸から東京へ(1922)〈矢田挿雲〉八「病気は漢法の所謂乾脚気(ひかっけ)━今の脚気衝心(カッケショウシン)であったから手の尽しやうも無く」

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