The Death of Napoleon: The Last Campaign - Softcover

J Thomas Hindmarsh; Philip F Corso

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425761224 ISBN 13: 9781425761226

Publisher: Xlibris, 2007

Synopsis

Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5th, 1821 on the island of St Helena from complications of stomach cancer proven by autopsy. However, when analyses of trace elements on single strands of hair became available in the 1960s, it was found that some samples of

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Synopsis:

Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5th, 1821 on the island of St Helena from complications of stomach cancer proven by autopsy. However, when analyses of trace elements on single strands of hair became available in the 1960s, it was found that some samples of his hair contained increased levels of arsenic which lead to claims that he had been deliberately poisoned. This book written by an expert toxiciologist and a surgeon/Napoleon scholar examines the proof for the diagnosis of stomach cancer. Also it reviews the evidence for arsenic poisoning and denounces this as a myth, based upon the absence of all the specific features and many of the cardinal non-specific features of arsenic poisoning, thus confirming that the Emperor died from stomach cancer.

About the Author:

Dr J Thomas Hindmarsh has an MD from the University of Sheffield, England and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Britain and of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He recently retired as Professor of Pathology and Medi

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1425761224
• ISBN 13: 9781425761226
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104