Mysterious death of the late US President George Washington

After more than 200 years, the cause of the death of the first president of the United States remains a controversial mystery among researchers.

Georgie Washington was the first president of the United States (1789 - 1797). He was a political and military leader with great influence on the United States between 1775 and 1799.

According to Yahoo, George Washington died at age 67 at his home after a short period of illness and lost 40% of blood. Modern medical experts offer several possible causes for Washington's illness and death after only 21 hours. But his doctor's diagnosis was not among these causes.

Based on contemporary records, including Washington's secretary, Tobias Lear, he still drove around Mount Vernon's mansion in a healthy condition two days earlier. According to Lear, Washington decided to still wear wet clothes in cold weather to get dinner time.

Former US President Georgie Washington.(Photo: Wikipedia).

The next day, Washington woke Martha's wife up and told her he felt very tired, barely able to breathe or talk. Former US president asked housekeeper Albin Rawlins to take blood for him. After that, the doctors came and took the blood 4 more times for 8 hours. Lost Washington blood accounts for 40% of total body blood.

Washington also rinses its mouth with a mixture of molasses, vinegar and butter. He inhaled the vinegar mixture in hot water. His throat was wiped with ointment and made from dried beetles. At the end of the afternoon, Washington knew he couldn't get out and asked for a will.

Lear said Washington said the final words at 10 pm on December 14."I'm about to leave! Please bury me in a decent way and don't take my body down within three days after I die," Washington said.

After Washington's death in 1799, medical experts tried to find out what caused him to die quickly. At that time, Washington doctors weighed in on four causes and agreed that the disease that led to his death was cynanche trachealis or laryngitis, which obstructed the airway.

But many years later, other theories emerged. In 1917, a doctor thought that Washington died of diphtheria and another decade later, another hypothesis suggested Washington had sore throat infection, possibly due to streptococcus, combined with laryngeal edema.

In recent years, Dr. Howard Markel summarized the findings and cited research from Dr. David Morens of New England medical journal."In 215 years after Washington's death, some diagnoses were caused by laryngitis, oral sublingual floor infection, Vincent sore throat, diphtheria, strep throat, pneumonia. Dr. Morens's hypothesis about the most probable bacterial laryngitis , " Markel wrote.

However, this hypothesis does not get the approval of all researchers. Another controversial topic is that taking too much blood and ignoring tracheostomy may be the main reasons for Washington's death. According to Morens, taking blood cannot kill a man of a stature like Washington and a tracheostomy that rarely succeeds at that time.