Buried in six concentric coffins and maimed. So Napoleon lies, without a penis, among other things, at the Invalides in Paris. Maimed. Parts of your bowel or teeth have been through auction houses, or sold directly and privately. Napoleon has been written so many things that is difficult to know how far reaching the legend. It is said that the trees around his grave in St. Helena Island, were uprooted to be chipped. The people were in the belief that wood contained the essence of Napoleon.

Although it may seem unlikely, there was a time when such a belief, based on superstition were very popular.

Napoleon in exile on St. Helena comfortable, near-luxury, but the excellence of the emperor, spend time playing cards. They say he cheated, but it also did in a somewhat childish. Also wrote that in his later years recalled reviewing maps and strategies, perhaps trying to guess the reason for the defeat. Maybe he thought, as many historians have argued based on the same sources, how much influence in the defeat had severe hemorrhoids attack he suffered in Waterloo. And is that Napoleon has studied everything ... Apparently suffering from gynecomastia, a bulge or roundness of breasts, he felt proud. His doctors had him take a joke, saying that any woman would be proud of them.

About the amputation of the penis of Napoleon, which is not known precisely why. We know, for the record that he wrote the physician Frank Richardson, who the severed penis was introduced into a velvet covered box and delivered to Napoleon's chaplain, Angel Paul Vignali. It is said that the cleric did not spare Napoleon never charged him impotent.

Vignali died, his heirs sold it to the Maggs Brothers, owners of a bookstore in London who were the owners until 1972, a urologist called John K. Lattimer, paid at Christie's $ 400,000 per member. According to the informant's penis size was four centimeters. According to his calculations, in erect state, would reach about six inches and a half.

John K. Lattimer, died in May 2007 and co-owner of Napoleon's penis, also may have among their possessions, some drawings by Hitler, rifles of the Civil War or the collar with which Lincoln died, of course , bloodied.

Among the oddities that are told about Napoleon called attention to his habit of twisting the ears of those who stood by his side. Canon Escoiquiz tells how he did in an interview, saying: "It's done you a scoundrel." "It has been removed Napoleon's penis that looked like a twisted shoelace or a shriveled eel. History tells us that despite being recognized as a great lover, was also recognized for having a small penis."

Obituary of John. K. Lattimer

Forgeries. The most prominent counterfeiting seems to be the couple of pieces of intestine, presumably by Napoleon, and acquired by the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1850. It was learned that they were false because according to the medical report that was healthy body, while showing signs supuestareliquia full-blown cancer. "

Rasputin's penis was also removed. It is at the Museum of Erotica in St. Petersburg. The museum is housed in a urology clinic and penis, together with a large collection of ceramic phalluses. They claim that Rasputin's penis, a foot and immersed in formaldehyde, intends to be an incentive for patients.