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Napoleon’s Penis: The Broad Strokes Of Its Existence

Napoleon Bonaparte , or more accurately, “Le Petit Caporal,” (in every way) was one of the most famous (nổi tiếng) French statesmen (chính khách) and commanders (người chỉ huy, sĩ quan cao cấp) of all time (mọi thời đại). He strode out of the French Revolution (Cách mạng Pháp), victorious, and became Napoleon I, Emperor of France. He ruled from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815, during the Hundred Days. According to a 2016 article in Time, many people have been “fixated on Napoleon's penis since Napoleon's doctor allegedly cut it off during his autopsy (khám nghiệm tử thi) in 1821 and gave it to a priest (thầy tu) in Corsica.” Over the years this famous “dead” penis has been likened to a piece of dry leather, a shriveled eel, and beef jerky.

And if this were not shame enough, in 1927 his manhood was compared to a “maltreated strip of buckskin shoelace,” when it was “displayed in Manhattan.” Clearly, this is the twisted story of how one of the most legendary military leaders of all time kept such a thing secret during his lifetime.

...In 1977, Dr. John Lattimer, a professor emeritus and former chairman of urology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons , and a practicing urologist living in New Jersey, bought the “petit penis” for $3,000. When he died 30 years later, Napoleon's member fell into the hands of Lattimer’s daughter. A Vintage News article quotes writer Tony Perrottet, author of Napoleon’s Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped , as saying it had taken on “quite a mythic status.” According to Perrottet, after Napoleon died on the island of St. Helena in 1821, his physician placed the body part in a “little leather presentation box” but without formaldehyde. For this reason, it dried out and came to look “a bit like beef jerky.”

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