Well, we may have some definitive word on the cause of death of Napoleon Bonaparte, erstwhile Emperor of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte died a more prosaic death than some people would like to think, succumbing to stomach cancer rather than arsenic poisoning, according to new research into what killed the French emperor.Theories that Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic have abounded since 1961, when an analysis of his hair showed elevated levels of the toxic element.
But the latest review of the 1821 autopsy report just after he died concludes the official cause of death -- stomach cancer -- is correct.
The autopsy describes a tumor in his stomach that was 4 inches long. Comparing that description to modern cases, main author Dr. Robert M. Genta of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and an international team of researchers surmised that a growth so extensive could not have been a benign stomach ulcer.
"I have never seen an ulcer of that size that is not cancer," said Genta, a professor of pathology and internal medicine.
Further analysis suggested that his stomach cancer had reached a stage that is virtually incurable even with modern medical technology. People with similar cancers today usually die within a year.
The autopsy and other historical sources indicate that the rotund French leader had lost about 20 pounds in the last few months of his life, another sign of stomach cancer. His stomach also contained a dark material similar to coffee grounds, a telltale sign of extensive bleeding in the digestive tract. The massive bleeding was likely the immediate cause of death, Genta and his colleagues concluded.
I wish I'd seen this article when it came out, right in the midst of my unit on the French Revolution and Napoleon. It would have made a real interesting tidbit to hare with my students.
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