[The urethra of Napoleon, a conduit towards the end of the Empire?].

INTRODUCTION

Napoleon died of a cancer of the stomach. Another assumption can be proposed, that of an uronéphrologique pathology.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: It is about a historical study basing on the report of autopsy of Antommarchi and the assumptions formulated according to the urinary and nephrologic symptoms presented during his life.

RESULTS

Napoleon presented signs of nephropathy in a probable context of metabolic syndrome and many signs of dysurie early on probable stricture of the urethra related to the intensive practice of horse.

CONCLUSION

The urethra of Napoleon led France of the empire to the republic.