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preservation; third, the autopsy had revealed stomach and intestinal “ulcers” which

are believed to be cancers since that disease seemed to be a family heritage:

Napoleon’s mother and father, two brothers, and two sisters also died of stomach

cancer;-fourth, there was no physical way that Napoleon could have been poisoned

in the last days of his life because he could neither eat nor drink and he would have

had to have taken in at least 50 doses over three days to produce death. Therefore,

the Saints do not accept the conspiracy theory of Napoleon’s death.

The dining room was next on the visit and it was covered with a reproduction of the

original red and gold wallpaper from Napoleon’s own day. Several chairs,

candlesticks, busts of family members, and pictures were said to be Napoleon’s own

possessions and left behind after his death and even when his body was returned to

France. It seemed eerie and not a little sad to be wandering among the belongings

and within the walls where the man spent his last days. It’s a human condition that

we seem to be more affected by the fall of the mighty than by other tragedies.

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