[Death of Napoleon Bonaparte].
The causa mortis of Napoleon Bonaparte has been vexata quaestio for a long time. The author tries to outline a picture of Napoleon from a sanitary point of view. From the report of doctor Francesco Antonmarchi who performed the autopsy, the author tries to understans the cause of death: gastric perforation due to malignant ulcer and subsequent peritonitis with pulmonary tubercolosis.
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Insegnamento Semeiotica Medica, Dipartimento Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
D002423:Cause of Death; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century