How did Napoleon die? Pray for the great gods.

From the moment Napoleon died in May 182 1, medical experts and historians have been arguing about the reason why he died in the prime of May1. Did he die of cancer as officially announced? One of the doctors in charge of the autopsy disagreed and claimed that Napoleon had hepatitis. Other experts think he may have syphilis, tuberculosis or malaria. Some people even think that the emperor who was forced to abdicate poisoned his enemies and killed them.

1982, that is, after Napoleon's death 16 1 year, a famous British chemist found evidence that the great man did die of poisoning, but not from someone, but from something. Maybe it's the wallpaper of Napoleon's apartment in St. Helena. St. Helen is a humid and sultry volcanic island, 2220 kilometers from the west coast of Africa, hanging alone in the Atlantic Ocean.

18 15, Napoleon was put on the island by the British people and lived in a "log cabin" with his French officials and servants. It was a very damp bungalow, and the wallpaper in the room was peeling off.

At first, Napoleon planted flowers and plants on St. Helena and rode horses for fun. Life seems to be passable. After a long time, the supervisors restricted his actions more and more, and his friends and outdoor activities decreased day by day. Since then, he has been depressed, staying indoors most of the time, and his body has been weakening. He has chills, nausea, fever, occasional leg swelling, mobility problems, shoulder and liver pain, frequent vomiting, fatigue, headache, dizziness and yellow skin.

His doctor has a great headache about it. Although medicine can sometimes relieve a little pain, Napoleon is still troubled by illness, and his condition is not getting better, but getting worse. One or two doctors think he is only suffering from depression, while others think he has chronic hepatitis. No matter what disease Napoleon got, he couldn't be cured. Finally, he lay on the sofa in the damp living room of the log cabin, and fell into a coma, unable to sleep.

1821May 6, the day after Napoleon's death, a group of British doctors examined his body and carefully examined his internal organs. According to their report, the world-famous French prisoner died of a "cancerous ulcer" in his stomach. The British government is certainly satisfied with this statement, because it can avoid criticism and accusations from the world. Cancer at that time, like today, was recognized as a terminal disease. This diagnosis is controversial, partly because some people suspect that the British have concealed the truth. However, many medical experts do believe that Napoleon's symptoms and autopsy results do not conform to the symptoms of cancer. If he died of poisoning due to the accumulation of a large amount of arsenic in his body, it is consistent with his symptoms and autopsy results.

196 1 year, Swedish doctor Fauschwald expressed his opinion that Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning, which shocked historians. Fauchwald came to this conclusion after analyzing a lock of Napoleon's hair and found that it contained arsenic. It is believed that this strand of hair was cut off on the day of autopsy. Even so, it is not enough to prove that Napoleon was murdered. In the Napoleonic era, pharmaceutical ingredients often contained a small amount of arsenic. The exiled man is ill, so he must have taken too much arsenic, and his hair contains this ingredient. We have no reason to assume that a cunning assassin would add arsenic to Napoleon's medicine to speed up his death.

But now it seems that it is very likely to "add" arsenic. Dr Jones, a British chemist, has discovered a chemical action that can be used to solve this "little mystery in history". At the end of 18 and the beginning of 19, people often use a pigment called "snow green" to dye fabrics, paints and wallpaper. Snow green, also known as copper hydrogen arsenite, is usually harmless to fabrics and paints; But in a humid room, the arsenic gas copper on the wallpaper will emit arsenic gas, which will make people unconsciously inhale into the lungs and be poisoned. Part of the wallpaper in the living room of the log cabin, like many relics of Napoleon, has been preserved. Jones noticed the green pattern on the wallpaper and asked the sample to be sent to the laboratory for analysis, which proved to contain a lot of arsenic.