Tormented by toothache and struck down by a severe fever: Exiled Napoleon spent his final years living in agony on the island of St Helena, a medical report from 203 years ago has revealed
Notes from Irish surgeon Barry O Meara describe Napoleon as being tormented by toothache while in exile on St Helena island
He was struck down by a severe fever, a headache, hot skin and racing pulse
O Meara described his symptoms as a crisis in serious natures in the report
Napoleon was incarcerated on island after his defeat at Battle of Waterloo in 1815
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