It is unlikely that the cause of Napoléon’s death will ever be definitively known. Helena have issued postage stamps commemorating the bicenntenial of Napoleon’s death.(Fondation Napoleon / La Poste French postal service) While today that syrup, a standard ingredient in Mai Tai and many Tiki cocktails, is made from sweet almonds, orgeat produced from bitter almonds could be toxic.
The coup de grâce was provided by a dose of calomel, a white powder used as a purgative and a fungicide, which was activated into mercury cyanide by orgeat. Over the years, drop by drop, the toxin accumulated and destroyed Napoléon’s stomach and gastro-intestinal tract. The poison rendered Napoléon violently ill, lethargic and unable to think clearly. Helena, they argue the blue blood was in fact a Bourbon spy who while serving as Napoléon’s wine steward, slipped tiny amounts of arsenic into his favorite beverage. While ostensibly a loyal officer who followed Napoléon into exile at St. Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon (1783-1853). Weider claimed Napoléon was incapacitated on that battlefield outside of Brussels by his trusted aide de camp, Gen. (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) ` (script) Advertisement
Was Napoleon murdered? A 200-year-old mystery put to rest - The Jerusalem Post
