Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-04
From the London Express, July IL.
Death of NapoIe0u,s Last Medical At
leudant.

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In our obituary Of this day is recorded the death
OF DR.. Archibald Arnott, H. Msjestys twentieth
regiment Of foot in the saith year Of his age.
DR.. Arnott entered the army upwards Of sixty
years ago, and retired from active service in 1929
For few years he attached TO the 18th dra-
goons but for much longer period served with
Her Majestys twentieth foot, sharing the penls
and exploits of that distinguished corps on the
Nile, in Calabria, Portugal, Spain, and Holland,
and earning medal. with clasps for Egypt, Mazda,
Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nyelle,
Nive, 0rthes, and Toulouse.
After the war, DIR. Arnott accompanied his brave
companions ia arms TO st. Helena and India, and
at the former station became the medical attend
ant of Napoleon Bonaparte. His professional abii-
ity, ingenious character, and upright and dignifed
department as an officer and gentleman, at once
secured for him the confidence of that extraordt
nary man, whose good opinion thus early formed,
was strengthened by daily Interviews during the
progress Of his fatal disease, and at last rpened
into warm personal attachment and sincere esteem
These sentiments were cordially rcciprocated by
the physician; and, on the part of the illustrious
patient, were expressed on all occasions by deli
cate attentions and lively marks Of atfectionate re-
gard. In particular, shortly previous TO his disco
luton, Napoleon gave very interesting testimony
of his respect for Dr. Arnot and grateful sense Of
the warm sympathy and interchangeable zeal with
which he lahored to mitigate the cruel sufferings
which no art could heal
To use the words of one then on the island,
+" the Emperor, on his death-bed, desired that
valuable gold snuff-box might be brought to him,
and having, with his dying hand and last effort Of
departing strength, engraved upon its lid with o
penknfe the letter :" n, he presented it to his
kind and valued friend, as parting memorial Of
his deep esteem and heartfelt gratitude" Besides
which, Napoleon bequeathed to him 900 Napoleons,
and the British government, to mark its approba-
ton of his conduct, conferred on him $780, When
the scene at last drew to close, the patient ex-
pired with his right hand in that Of DR.. Arnott.
DIR. Arnott was almost the last survivor Of those
whose names will be handed down to posterity in
connexion with the events Of the last days Of Ma
poleon. His masculine and tenacious mind was to
the last richly stored with recollecti0ns and anec
dotes of the period. These the public would have
read with interest," but, except clear and distinct
Account of the Last Illness, Decease, and Post
Mortem Appearances ofNapoleon Bonaparte," pub
lished in 1922, he could never be induced to COM
init them to print, being reluctant to mingle pub
licy in the keen and painful controversy Of the
time, although never conceallng his opinion in
private conversation.
From the sphere of public duty DR.. Arnott re-
tired to his native parish and there, on his patri-
monal estate of Kirkconnell Hall, spent the even
ing of his days benefcally to the neighborhood and
honorably to himself