Death of Napoleon Bonaparte

Death of Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon was only 51 when he died on the island of St. Helena.
Exiled from his beloved France, he had been getting sicker for several months.

He was suffering from recurrent abdominal pain, progressive weakness and constipation.
When he was not constipated he was assailed by diarrhea, and he lost a lot of weight.

Napoleons last weeks were plagued by vomiting, incessant hiccups and blood clots, in various parts of his body.

His speech became slurred.
The night sweats left him drenched.
His gums, lips and nails were colourless.

Briefly, he got it into his head that he was being poisoned ~ but then he decided that he had the same cancer that had killed his father, and that all medical help was useless.

On 4th May 1821, Napoleon lost consciousness.
On 5th May, news went out to a shocked world that the great man was dead.

The physicians who conducted Napoleon’s autopsy on 6th May 1821, concluded that his death was from stomach cancer.

This was exacerbated by bleeding gastric ulcers, after a huge dose of calomel.
Calomel was a compound containing mercury regularly used as medicine ~ which was administered to Napoleon the day before he died.

One of the physicians performing Napoleon’s autopsy, inexplicably decided to sever the deceased ruler’s manhood.
This was then gifted to a priest in Corsica.

Napoleon’s famous body part has changed hands several times since its removal.

Napoleon’s tallywacker, which is said to resemble some shrivelled beef jerky, currently belongs to Evan Lattimer, who inherited it from her urologist father.

🖤 Napoleon’s tomb in The Hôtel des Invalides, Paris.