I read in a book I used to have that Napoleon went mad and died because he had syphyllis, and he went untreated, not that they hed a cure for that back then, I’m assuming they didn’t. I was just reading the answer to a reader’s question about his penis(what happened to it) and you replied something about him having cancer? So what exactly did he die from?>>>Mya
Here is Napolean’s penis (or at least Cecil’s column about it). It keeps everyone on the same page.
It *was *stomach cancer, as has again been confirmed just recently by rigorous peering into his trousers.
So not correct that he ‘broke his heart’ then, as related in an old sea shanty…
Boney was a warrior, Away, ay-yah!
A warrior and a terrior, John Franswah!
Boney beat the Prooshians, Away, ay-yah!
Boney beat the Prooshians, John Franswah!
Boney went to Moscow, Away, ay-yah!
Moscow was a-blazing, John Franswah!
Boney went to Elbow, Away, ay-yah!
Boney he came back, John Franswah!
Boney went to Waterloo, Away, ay-yah!
There he got his overthrow, John Franswah!
They took Boney off again, Away, ay-yah!
'Board the Billy Ruffian, John Franswah!
Boney he was sent away, Away, ay-yah!
'Way to St. Helena, John Franswah!
Boney broke his heart and died, Away, ay-yah!
Boney broke his heart and died, John Franswah!
This new report claims that Napoleon was subjected to long-term arsenic poisoning.
Or perhaps he was killed by his wallpaper.