The medical health of Napoleon Bonaparte

Journal of Medical Biography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-117

  Keynes, Milo ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alleged epilepsy; cancer of stomach; hypopituitarism; Napoleon Bonaparte; piles; poisoning with arsenic; schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRANCE; HISTORY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

FAMOUS PERSONS; FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY;

EID: 0030135998     PISSN: 09677720     EISSN: 17581087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096777209600400210     Document Type: Article

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