So, as a result of introducing Western food under the guidance of a naval surgeon Kanehiro TAKAGI, the number of the beriberi sufferers decreased dramatically, and no one had died of beriberi.
そこで、海軍軍医・高木兼寛の指導で洋食を導入した結果、脚気患者の発生が激減し、一人の死者も出ることがなかった。