The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-26
GREAT NAPOLEON'S DEATH.
An Autopsy Revealed Cancer in the
Stomach.
WAS HE A VICTIM Of EPILEPSY:
The little Corporai's" Apathy at Water
loo Accounted for by Physical
Ailments.
New York Press.

New York Press.
Was Napoleon an invalid? In all the
studies and discussions of Napoleon tina,
have appeared in the last few years little
has been told in regard to his bodily con-
dltion and health, though this must have
been closely connected with his achieve
ments as IL general and statesman.
Numerous writer's have declared that he
was an cpilcptic, though few seem to have
seen him In an .plcptc fit During the
six years nj ST Helena he had several at
tacks. a writer named Goldsmith tells of
an attack of cpilcptic commissions which
Napoleon had IN the presence OF an act
ress, Mime. Georges Wcinar Ne mcntions
another time wnun Napoleon While walk
ing In II dimly lighted corridor. mot an at
PENDANT whom he all not recognize. lie
became frightened. screamed aloud and
Dr llorenu. who attended him later In
life, stated that he Was subject to witch
lnss oi the left shoulder and the corner OF
the mouth and also at times to vertigo.
These arc all IL Spciatcd closely with cpl
lersy
scanty, Tor while liz was The throne
everything pertaining to the health OF the
emperor was kept IA profound secret.
HundrVis of fumors. however, were
prevalent during MS life ana after lis
death as TO his diseases and the real
causes which led TO mis- death.
RUMoRS OF SUICIDE.
Napoleon himself repeatedly declared
| that he had been sent to 81. lIelena with
| the distinct purpose that his days might
| be prcmaturcly cut short by the climate Of
the island. After his death the widest
| ruIno,s were prevalent in Paris as to the
real cause OF H. one was that the gov
crnor OF st. Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe,
| onticod the emperor out for walk ana
| suddenly pushed him over IA precipice into
| ,Al "A
| being outside the dead line. Another rh'
NOR was that he was sunoeaieu uhuet a
| mattress, a third that he was s1fansied
| in his room; a fourth That ne committed
suicide. For years ii was believed out
| side OF Paris that he was poisoned,
| In enc of the odd memoirs Is a hitherto
unpublished account OF the lusi ,iilo' ''ih
| examination OF the body OF Napoleon On
| his thighs and legs were several scars oi
| wounds received In battle. lie hti to'u
| the surgeon of the English shiN that mao
| taken him to ST. Helena thh, ne nai iau
| eighteen horses shot under MN anu nan
received several slight wounds, which ne
| had concealed even from his surgeons. IN
order to give his army the impression
| that hc was inyincible. and cou!l not ht
wounded Ike an ordinary man.
ONLY FIVE FEET TWO INCHES TAIL
The body OF Napoleon. when measured
after death, was found 10 be hVe ieet TWO
inches in length. Indicating mat ne was a
very small man His head was twenty ana
a half inches In circumference; winch Is a
| small size. though all descriptions 81 hiin
| indicate that his head Was iirbe h P'"p"i-
| ton 10 the size OF ms bp1y; mn. -.
| Ills brain WAS NOT examined ms nohy
was notably corpuIent, Notwithstanding
his prolonged Illness Tho fnt WAS an inch
and u half thick along ms ln.lsiNn maze
Into the abdomen ~ ~" s"iophy' 1hs