An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte / By Archibald Arnott ... To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

  • Arnott, Archibald, 1771-1855.
Date:
1822
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Credit: An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte / By Archibald Arnott ... To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a sleepless night, raved greatly, but had less vomiting, and what came off the stomach was not so dark-coloured. He had three hours sleep on the morning of the 29th: when he awoke he was sensible and composed, the pulse 87. Sometime during the night, in a raving fit, he had torn the emp. aro- maticum off, but consented to have a blister applied over the stomach, which was done forthwith; and with the view of tending to lessen that dreadful irritation of stomach, we prescribed the following: Aquae Menthae Virid. ^iss, Potassae Subcarbonatis 9i. Succi Lim. Recentis q. s. ad saturand. Tincturae Calumbae minima xxx. —-Opii ——— y. Misce ut fiant haustus 6ta quaque bora sumendus. 30th April. The blister over the stomach had risen, and in the night Professor Anto- marchi had applied one to the inside of each thigh. The draughts were not taken as ordered. He slept for some hours in the beginning of the night, and towards morning, although he did not sleep, he lay quiet and composed. He vomited several times, but not so much, nor was the matter that came off the stomach of such a