KFCrazy1's video: Napoleon s Death

After his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 -- 5 May 1821) died in St. Helena while in exile. Sten Forshufvud (a Swedish dentist and toxicologist) and Ben Weider (a Canadian Napoleon enthusiast) wrote a book titled "Assassination at St. Helena" (1978, Mitchell Press Limited, Vancouver, B.C., ISBN 0888360282) and concluded that the French emperor died of deliberate chronic arsenic poisoning. In 2002, investigation carried out by a team of French forensic experts overturned the aforesaid theory and suggested that Napoleon died of stomach cancer as the British alleged. This new study, commissioned by the magazine Science et Vie, focuses on strands of hair taken from Napoleon in 1805, 1814 and 1821. All were found to have abnormally high levels of arsenic. Researchers conclude that poisoning could not have been the cause of death. The arsenic came from contamination such as gunpowder, rat poison, wallpaper glue and most pertinently, hair ointment. Napoleon's death remains a mystery.