Koszka Christiane
University of Vienna, Austria.
J Med Biogr. 2009 Aug;17(3):161-4. doi: 10.1258/jmb.2009.009016.
Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most influential and profound German philosophers. After prolonged illness, he died at the age of 55 in Weimar, Germany. The interest in his medical biography has always been strong while the cause of his illness and death has remained a mystery, intriguing philosophers as well as physicians. The diagnosis of syphilis proposed in the 19th century has been controversial until today and many other diagnoses have been discussed. This paper suggests that Nietzsche suffered from mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome.
弗里德里希·尼采是最具影响力和思想深度的德国哲学家之一。在长期患病后，他于55岁时在德国魏玛去世。人们一直对他的医学传记颇感兴趣，而他的病因和死因仍是个谜，这吸引着哲学家和医生们。19世纪提出的梅毒诊断至今仍存在争议，也有许多其他诊断被讨论过。本文认为尼采患有伴有乳酸性酸中毒和卒中样发作综合征的线粒体脑肌病。
