首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、died of arsenic poisoning B、died of a stomach cancer C、was killed by British army D、was murdered by Prussian forces B
A、died of arsenic poisoning B、died of a stomach cancer C、was killed by British army D、was murdered by Prussian forces B
admin
2013-06-12
79
问题
Napoleon Bonaparte was murdered by arsenic poisoning and did not die naturally of a stomach cancer, according to a new toxicological study which attempts to end long running historical controversy.
"The latest analysis suggests a criminal intent," said Dr. Pascal Kintz, a toxicologist who regularly gives expert evidence in court cases, and who conducted a new study on Napoleon’s hair.
For International Napoleonic Society (INS) spokesman Jean-Claude Damamme, the new study by Dr. Kintz has produced "the definitive proof of the criminal poisoning of Napoleon.’
Napoleon died aged 51 in 1821, on the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic, where he had been ban ished after his military defeat by British and Prussian forces at Waterloo.
A previous analysis of Napoleon’s hair, conducted by Dr. Kintz in 2001, had found abnormally high levels of arsenic.
However, supporters of the natural death theory said the arsenic could be explained by environmental factors such as the winemakers’ custom at that time of drying their casks and basins with arsenic.
The shrinking size of the emperor’s trousers was also used to support the death by stomach cancer theory in a Swiss study which concluded that the emperor lost more than 11 kilos during the last five months of his life.
Dr. Kintz in his latest study used sophisticated new chemical techniques to analyze hair samples, taken by Napoleon’s servant Abraham Noverraz and General Bertrand, who was deported to St Helena with the emperor.
The toxic form of arsenic, used for centuries as rat poison, was found in Napoleon’s hair samples at 37 to 42 times above the normal level in the new study.
"I can’t imagine Napoleon fed himseff rat poison, even ff he WaSh’t a gourmet," joked Damamme of Montreal-based INS.
"The arsenic was in the ’spinal cord’ of the hair, which implies that it came from the blood and food ingested," he said.
Damamme further discounted the wine theory saying Napoleon "drank little, at the most one glass per day, and then mixed it with water."
"Somebody in his circle gave him arsenic in small doses to poison him little by little to avoid another violent uprising by those who still supported the emperor in France," Damamme said.
选项
A、died of arsenic poisoning
B、died of a stomach cancer
C、was killed by British army
D、was murdered by Prussian forces
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Wf4O777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Usually,therearetworeasonstopursuescientificknowledge:forthesakeoftheknowledgeitself,andforthepracticalu
MadeleinehadmetLeonardinanupper-levelsemioticsseminartaughtbyarenegadefromtheEnglishdepartment.MichaelZipperst
Asanxiety-makers,examinationsaresecondtonone.Thatisbecausesomuchdependsonit.Theyarethemarkofsuccess
TheoriesofHistoryⅠ.Howmuchweknowabouthistory?A.Writtenrecordsexistforonlyafractionofman’stimeB.Theacc
HowmuchwillFordprovideaspensionfundstotheemployeesofJaguarandLandRover?
______isthelargestcityintheprovinceofBritishColumbiaandthethirdlargestoneinCanada.
WilliamFaulknerwasborninOxford,Miss.Hehad【1】education,thenhejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForceinCanadabecausehew
ChinahassurpassedtheUStobecomethesecond-largestluxurymarketin2009,spendingof$9.4billionandaccountingfor27.5
IfitwereonlynecessarytodecidewhethertoteachelementarySciencetoeveryoneonamassbasisorfindthegiftedfewandt
Languageperformanceandlanguageacquisitionarethetwoprincipleconcernsofthepsychologyoflanguage,orpsycholinguistics
随机试题
南蜇的主要产地是________。
少尿定义为24小时尿量小于
(2007年第25题)核酸变性后,可产生的效应是
滴丸剂检查法应取滴丸剂多少丸,精密称总重量,求得平均丸重
招标代理服务收费标准中规定,中标金额在1000万~5000万元的工程招标项目,按中标金额的()取费。
“从物到感觉和思想”与“从感觉和思想到物”是两条根本对立的认识路线,它属于()。
台湾岛西海岸布袋盐场形成的条件是()。
所有优秀的学管老师都关心学生的利益;所有关心学生利益的学管老师在满足学生需求方面都很开明;在满足学生需求方面不开明的所有学管老师都不是优秀的学管老师。下列哪项可以由上文推出?
Ethernet交换机实质上是一个多端口的()。
InAristophanes’Lysistratawomenareseenasthemeansofbringingpeaceandgoodsensetoawar-tornworld.
最新回复
(
0
)