Been told Napoleon suffered from hemroids making riding horse difficult. Know where I can substantiate this?

Answer 1

Napolean Bonaparte and his fight with Hemroids.

"It has been identified by Dr. Paul Wolf, 2001, that Napoleon Bonparte could have won the Battle of Waterloo by attacking earlier in the day. Napolean Bonaparte delayed his attack because he suffered greatly from hemroid pain that morning. By the time the afternoon came, the weather and so on advantaged the Brittish. Napolean Bonaparte sufferred greatly from hemroid pain during many of his battles, as the tension caused his sphincter muscles to tighten horrendiously on his hemroids, thereby generating much pain. Napolean Bonaparte used bathing to help control his hemroid pain, but during the battle of Waterloo he was constipated and had no time to sit in a bath. An interesting bit of hemroid history there, one I think many of us can understand and sympathize with"


The most frequently discussed indisposition occurred within the period of the climactic series of engagements that ended Napoleon active career. It was an illness that struck on the night of 16-17 June, 1815, immediately after the battle of Ligny, when it required the ministrations of Prince Jerôme, Baron Larrey and Marchand to get their imperial master over the crisis. This may have been linked to prolapsed piles (hemroids) associated with complete exhaustion, as some have speculated, although important evidence exist that Napoleon did not, in fact , suffer from this complaint, as his faithful valet attested. [11] Whatever the cause of his illness that night, its effect on his power to reach decisions on the morning of the 17th proved critical. Instead of issuing effective orders for the proper pursuit of the defeated Prussians and the coordination of efforts with Marshal Ney required to trap Wellington at or near Quatre Bras, the Emperor spent the whole morning viewing the battlefield of Ligny, the scene of his considerable victory that previous day. This period of hesitation or at least inactivity proved of the utmost importance in determining the outcome at Waterloo and Wavre on the 18th.

Answer 2

You could check out a biography about Napoleon. If it really was a problem for him then it would probably be mentioned.

Answer 3

I'll bring the shovel and you bring the plane tickets and balogna sammiches.