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Jan 24 07 9:29 AM

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Napoleon may have died of advanced gastric cancer caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, not arsenic poisoning, say pathologists. An ulcerated lesion on the French Emperors stomach suggested a history of chronic H. Pylori gastritis probably brought on by a military diet of salt-preserved foods, they said. I must have less salt on my chips...

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Jan 24 07 10:45 AM

And it was cancer that preserved his body for those 19 years that he was buried on St. Helena.
Sure, right, cancer.
I think that until somebody decides to open his sarcophagus this will be open question.
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Jan 24 07 11:05 AM

not sure that N. lived on the same diet as his grognards. I recall reading he usually had a couple of cooks in the staff who could knock up something better than salted beef. Wasn't he partial to fried potatoes and onions?

I suspect he was later force-fed salted crisps on St Helena

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Mark

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Jan 24 07 2:04 PM

Personaly, I'm with the Blucher and the Prussians. It would have been better if he'd been stood against a wall in 1814 and shot. It would have saved a lot of lives.

You can't deny his contribution to the law and constitution of Europe, but from 1812 on he appears to have lost sight of reality. Having broken his word in 1815, he was lucky not to have been hung!

He was also involved in some very murky deaths. By modern standards, his regard for International law would put him on a par with Hitler, without 'the Final Solution'. However Napoleon's legacy has been far more longstanding and probably beneficial. But it was still a 'high price' to pay, both for France and the rest of Europe.

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