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The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Lithograph after Baron Steuben.

The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Intaglio print by J.P.M. Jazet, 1830, after Baron Steuben.

Thomas Shortt (principal medical officer in St. Helena). With biographies of some other medical men associated with the case of Napoleon from 1815-1821 / [Arnold Chaplin].

Death of Napolean's last medical attendant : [obituary of Archibald Arnott].

Notice historique sur le docteur Archibald Arnott, dernier médecin de S. M. l'Empereur Napoléon, à l'île Sainte-Hélène, ancien chirurgien du 20e régiment d'infanterie de l'armée anglaise, mort à Kirkconnel-Hall (Ecclefechan) Écosse, le 6 juillet 1855 / par E. de Saint-Maurice Cabany.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre remittente / [Archibald Arnott].

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte / By Archibald Arnott ... To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte : to which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

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Archibald Arnott

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Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre remittente / [Archibald Arnott].

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte / By Archibald Arnott ... To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte : to which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

Archibald Arnott

Images from the collections

Images featuring Archibald Arnott

Works from the collections

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de febre remittente / [Archibald Arnott].

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte / By Archibald Arnott ... To which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe ... giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte : to which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise.

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