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Elemental contents in Napoleon's hair cut before and after his death: did Napoleon die of arsenic poisoning?

Xilei Lin1, D Alber, R Henkelmann.   

Abstract

Whether or not Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning is an open question on which debate has been active since 1960. This work examined several of his hairs, cut at different times and in different places: two pieces cut the day after his death on the island of St. Helena (1821) and two pieces cut seven years earlier (1814) during his first exile on the island of Elba. INAA results show that all of the samples of Napoleon's hair have an elevated arsenic concentration. These results disfavor the arsenic poisoning theory. Aside from arsenic, 18 other elements are reported, providing additional information for examining the arsenic poisoning theory.

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Year:  2004        PMID: 14968289     DOI: 10.1007/s00216-004-2536-y

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Anal Bioanal Chem        ISSN: 1618-2642            Impact factor:   4.142


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