Can Napoleon's skin disease and treatment be identified from paleoproteomic analyses of his last bathtub (1821)?
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The French Emperor Napoleon I died on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean on 5 May 1821 at the age of 51, 6 years after being deported from France.In the final months of his life, he spent several hours each day in his bathtub at the Longwood estate, to treat a skin disease that was either acquired during the siege of Toulon (1793) or during the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1799).
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.20517
Institutions: Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré, Laboratoire Anthropologie, Archéologie, Biologie, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Hôpital Lariboisière
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,190
OpenAlex ID: W4405613222