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Barry O'Meara

Napoleon’s Doctor

August 11, 2023 by 2 Comments

Photo of Barry Edward O'Meara and Napolean Bonaparte

The last few years of the great Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s life were spent with an Irishman. That Irishman was Barry O’Meara, a Dublin-born surgeon who caught the Emperor’s attention during his surrender on the British warship Bellerophon. This encounter would change O’Meara’s life, as he was personally requested by Napoleon to be his physician during his time on the island … [Read more...] about Napoleon’s Doctor

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