Napoleoon Bonaparte was a military man, politician, emperor of France in the early 19th century. His life and career consumed a lot of ink and paper for posterity, including the journey of the “guts” part of his family. Mr., the US news website Thevintagenews (TVC) updated.
The Listverse, after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte fell into a dire situation. First, he lost his throne in France. Second, being captured by the British and exiled to the island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821 and third, he lost his penis.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Dr. F. Autommarchi, who performed the autopsy, took Napoleon’s penis in the presence of 17 people. As this cut is only 3.8cm long.
In 1927, this artifact was exhibited at the Museum of French Art in New York. In 1977, it came into the possession of the family of John J. Lattime after an auction.
According to Time Magazine, in 1977, John J. Lattime paid ,000 for a 1.5-inch (3.8cm) long penis, costing about ,000 per inch after more than half a century of wandering around. Western world. Tony Perrottet, author of Napoleon’s Privates, says the artifact has a rather legendary history. “It’s in a small leather box, it’s been air-dried, there’s no formaldehyde, no chemicals, so it looks like a piece of beef jerky,” Perrottet said.
Napoleon Bonaparte spent the last days of his life in his hospital bed.
According to Perrottet, Napoleon’s personal physician, Autommarchi took the penis during an autopsy after Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena in 1821 after a long exile Napoleoon because of stomach cancer. After the penis was given to a priest, the priest intended to take it to Corsica but was murdered before he could. Next, the penis fell into the hands of a British collector in 1916.
Perrottet further revealed that the French government refused to buy back the artifact before it was put on public display 50 years later. In 1927, it was also displayed in New York by a rare book seller, who purchased the penis in 1924.
Finally, in 1977, Lattimer, a professor of urology, decided to end the artifact’s popularity by buying it for ,000. Lattimer did not want to attract more public attention, so he hid it under his bed and refused to show it to anyone who wanted to see it. Since then, there have been rumors that someone has bid up to 100,000 USD. If the offer is real, then Professor Lattimer would have a total return on investment of up to 3,200%. Assuming Lattimer decides to part with the penis, it will be a more profitable investment than shares of Facebook, Google, Microsoft, or even Apple.
The penis of Napoleon Bonaparte.
When Lattimer died in 2007, Napoleon’s famous penis was inherited by Mrs. Evan, the professor’s daughter. There has been no news of a change of owner since then. On May 10, 2011, Time magazine published an article, titled Napoleon’s Penis as one of the “10 most famous stolen body parts”. world past and present) .