Talk:Francesco Antommarchi
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[edit] Ethnicity
This guy have repeatedly been claimed to be French. I accept that he was a French citizen, but his given name shows that he was not etnically French. If he had been his name would have been FRANÇOIS Antommarchi. He must have been ether a Corsican – like his most (in)famous patient – or an Italian-spoken immigrant. Anyone who know?
2006-12-11 Lena Synnerholm, Mästa, Sweden.
I have got a confirmation that he was Corsican. But it would be nice if someone could tell where on Corsica he was born.
2008-01-11 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.208.93.34 (talk) 18:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] As autopsist
I don't think Francesco ever claimed that Napoléon I died of cancer. The claim that he found a tumour in Napoléon's stomach is based on a mistranslation. He wrote that much of the stomach was swollen and the upper opening hard. He also found a hole the size of a finger in direction towards the liver. The liver itself was much enlarged as well as the spleen. The lungs contained much of fluid. He noted that the dead man's skin was completely smooth and virtually lacked fine body hair. Francesco was the most qualified person present at the autopsy so his description was probably correct. Cancer as the cause of death was first suggested by Charles Tristan de Montholon. Several times he made claims that are contrary to modern medical and psychological knowledge. The cancer diagnosis was agreed upon on political grounds and not medical ones. About the real cause of Napoléon's death I want to discuss at the article about him. Please read the discussion under the subtitle “Exile and death on Saint Helena”.
2008-01-14 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.233.151.44 (talk) 13:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Francesco did not say that Napoléon I died from cancer but hepatitis. For once I have a source to my claim: an article published in the journal “Nature” on the 14th of October 1961. It was written by Sten Forshufvud, Hamilton Smith and Anders Wassén and entitled “Arsenic content of Napoleon I's hair probably taken immediately after his death”. Despite the title it is mainly about what he suffered from the last five years of his life. Since it passed peer-review other medical doctors must have considered the connection between symptoms and diagnosis credible. In fact Napoléon was poisoned to death. This was not discovered until the 1950ies when the diaries of Louis Marchand was published. He had written down his experiences on Saint Helena including how the ex-emperor felt an which symptoms he had. As Napoléon's head valet Louis saw the him almost every day. Louis' descriptions of the symptoms are confirmed by the eyewitness account of Napoléon's good friend Henri Gratien Bertrand and the journals of the four medical doctors who examined him. Other evidences are the state of his internal organs at the autopsy as described by Francesco and the fact the corps was almost intact at the opening of his grave 19 years later despite not being intentionally mummified. Since the 1960ies several measurements of the chemical content of Napoléon's hair have been preformed. I have written a summary of the present-day state of knowledge on the issue and posted it on the discussion page of Wikipedia's article “Napoléon I”. It is found under the subtitle “Exile and death on Saint Helena”. If you have any questions or counterarguments please post them there.
2008-01-16 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.208.93.34 (talk) 13:20, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
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