Hemorrhoids are a common pathology that sometimes causes very violent pain. In history, there is a well-known character who had the unfortunate experience of this.
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11:30 a.m., June 18, 1815, the assault is launched. On the territory of the future Belgium, the Battle of Waterloo begins. That morning, the Emperor Napoleon was not on his plate, he was seriously bothered by hemorrhoids.
Too long rides
He would have slept only 3 short hours the previous night. This crisis would have hampered his movements on D-Day and he would not have fully understood the course of the battle. According to Adolphe Thiers, author of a reference work on the Napoleonic Empire, his hemorrhoids are due to his long rides.
The Emperor had spent 18 hours on his horse two days in a row. In his headquarters, he was hampered in his movements, embarrassed and with his legs apart… The unfortunate man would also have caught a cold a few days before the battle.
Waterloo: a story of hemorrhoids?
Napoleon’s state of health deteriorated markedly. He suffers from urinary disorders combined with a growing hemorrhoidal crisis. Everyone knows the rest of the story. Napoleon loses the battle, it is the end of his epic.
Waterloo would therefore be a story of buttocks. Most historians agree that the battle would have been very difficult to win in any case. One thing is certain: Napoleon’s state of health did not help him that day.
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