What chemical element was said to have led to the death of Napoleon?
Correct answer: Arsenic
PalestryaCelt7
It was thought that absorbng arsenic gave a person a porcelain complexion. It was quite common place until they discovered that it was killing them.
doxierescued
amazing that they still have some of his hair to test!
Laudy Miss Claudy
Arsenic was used to make the skin appear whiter by giving it a bluish tinge
FoulGremlin88770
I've read that people who follow a gluten free diet and eat lots of rice are more likely to absorb arsenic as it is naturally found in rice. everything in moderation I guess
Montana Lady
Many of us drink natural arsenic every day in our tap water at high enough amounts to cause health problems & they were recently talking about increasing the parts per million allowed.... you can check your water by zip code at (ewg dot org)
Luna Levret
AstonishingLord91086, it is found in the soil. Dorset has high levels occurring naturally. I remember am historic murder trial of a wife accussed of poisoning her husband. There was large debate as to whether he absorbed it naturally.
Cottoname The Quiet
What was the source of this constant contact with arsenic?
PapsGaming
PalestryaCelt7, I didn't know that arsenic would give aesthetic results to the person who consumed it. I have read though that the emperors and kings used to take it in small portions. It was believed to slowly build an ammunity (defense mechanism) to the poison and make it hard for their enemies to kill them.
Canis Lupus
Black rice has the most arsenic. Remember...when cooking rice...rinse...rinse...rinse!
RainbowTorpedo36086
arsenic was used in green dyes and caused many problems.
Tara
Interesting…. Never knew things naturally had arsenic in them! Cancer.org states “The highest levels of arsenic (in all forms) in foods can be found in seafood, rice, rice cereal (and other rice products), mushrooms, and poultry, although many other foods, including some fruit juices, can also contain arsenic.”
Amron143
yes bcoz hair is not a biodegradable or easily decomposed....
Macaroni
It’s rumored the doctor who came to verify his death took something a lot more personal than just a hair sample from his body. A very “questionable” procedure………. It’s unlikely, it was obtained for any medical or diagnostic purposes. As it was said to be kept secretly by the doctor at his home. Certainly peculiar 🤣🤣
Jenny
K O T K, lol! my great grandma dipped snuff too! died at 88! I think she just lived a good life, tho poor, she mumbled and I never knew why til my dad told me about snuff lol
Jenny
10bwc, I thought that was mercury...interesting
Player #120374466
Ok, what was the source of the arsenic exposure? The water? The drinking or eating utensils ?
Disha Dey
amazing 💕
Araz
I wonder why the amount of arsenic was 100 times more in the past? Is it because of foods we eat?
Einstein
RainbowTorpedo36086, what about yellow days?
Einstein
Laudy Miss Claudy, oh really now?
lizouche
Player #25874027, I sympathise!! me too!
Ace
doxierescued, exactly what I was thinking!
Sonja
Player #25874027, 😆
weng ledesma
wow, what kind of hair does Napoleon have? hahaha
zenith
AstonishingLord91086, Arsenic was also used as a green dye in wallpapers. I saw a documentary once that had found evidence that the room where he died had wallpaper with the arsenic dye, so the more poorly he got and left the room less, the worse the poisoning became until it killed him.
Player #29907944
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Player #8665967
doxierescued, hair is one part that dries but does not decay
Player #21374632
Player #14993519. , so did I , took body parts , etc, still born babies . to the freezer in the hospital where i worked 30 years, retired nurse here.
BUNNY IRONMAN
an American citizen called Columbus discover the America at 1492
BUNNY IRONMAN
CaraZelda, you
Player #25874027
doxierescued,
They have more of Napoleon’s hair than I have got left of mine
CaraZelda
I think I read somewhere that it could have been the reaction of tomatoes on pewter dishes. This caused the arsenic poisoning
AnaerobicContempt14w
I don't the timing thing trying to get answers is tough enough
dellgirlracer
k23d26, Did he lick the wallpaper
dellgirlracer
ChaoticGauntlet33973, I thought that was mercury
Player #14993519.
Player #10348520, Many make up items are made with women’s after birth sold by hospitals to make up companies, I used to take them to the freezer in the basement of the hospital i worked at,etc.
Player #15398481
didn't give me the letter E to guess the word 😂
Uninitialized
Mummyrocks50, arseic is element 32.
Uninitialized
A Chinese emperor was taking mercury on a regular basis as it was believed that it would make him live forever!
# Catya #
It’s plausible he absorbed it atmospherically from the Scheele’s green he painted his house with. It contained arsenic and had been traced to other ill fated scenarios.