![]() Bonaparte had invaded Egypt the previous summer and defeated the ruling Mamelukes outside Cairo at the Battle of the Pyramids. Two days after this visit, Bonaparte ordered that local Christians be forcibly recruited to help care for the plague-stricken and departed with his army, marching north to Acre, Syria, to repel the Ottoman empire, who had declared war on France. But that, two or three days after the attack, when passions have calmed down, one should order, in cold-blooded savagery, the murder of 3000 men who have surrendered to us in good faith! Posterity no doubt will pass judgment on this atrocity, and those who ordered it will find their places among the butchers of humanity. Something demanded by the laws of war, and humanity covers these horrors with a veil. He wrote when taking a city by storm, the looting, burning, and indiscriminate killing was Shocked by this event, Citizen Peyrusse wrote home to his mother regarding his shame about the attack. The French insisted that they had no means to manage such a large contingent of prisoners and could not spare the resources to take them to Egypt. It was claimed that some of those who surrendered had betrayed an amnesty given them by the French at El Arish in an earlier battle and had re-entered the fighting force. Moreover, 2500 to 3000 Turkish troops who had surrendered were taken to a beach over the next several days and killed by the French troops. When attacking the walled fortress by storm on March 7 and 8, his troops ran amok and, in their fury, slaughtered soldiers, women, and children, both Christians and Muslims. Already there is less fear.” 2 (p279) Still, there were mixed feelings about Bonaparte’s attack at Jaffa, where the men had taken ill. One wrote, “This action, which shows a deep political instinct, has produced an excellent effect. Other members of his staff also document the visit. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France/Bridgeman Art Library. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) Visiting the Plague Stricken at Jaffa, 11th March 1799, 1804. While in a very small and crowded ward, he helped to lift, or rather to carry, the hideous corpse of a soldier whose torn uniform was soiled by the spontaneous bursting of an enormous abscessed bubo. The General walked through the hospital and its annex, spoke to almost all the soldiers who were conscious enough to hear him, and, for one hour and a half, with the greatest calm, busied himself with the details of the administration. Dr Desgenettes recorded the visit as follows: 2 René-Nicolas Desgenettes, the chief physician, and his general staff accompanied him. His goal was to dispel fear about a disease that had caused panic among his troops. On March 21, 1799, 29-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) felt it incumbent to visit his troops who had contracted bubonic plague when they took the fortress at Jaffa, Palestine (modern-day Tel-Aviv, Israel), by storm. The surest protection, the most efficacious remedy, was moral courage.-Napoleon Bonaparte 1 (p151) Shared Decision Making and Communicationĭuring the Egyptian campaign all those whose imagination was struck by fear died of it.Scientific Discovery and the Future of Medicine.Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment.Clinical Implications of Basic Neuroscience.Challenges in Clinical Electrocardiography.
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