Napoleon in the Pesthouse of Jaffa' (detail) 1804. Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) French Neoclassical painter. Oil on canvas. Propaganda picture showing Napoleon I touching plague victims in Jaffa, putting him on the same plane as annointed kings who could effect miraculous cures through divine intervention, 11 March 1799.

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Keywords: bonaparte, disease, epidemic, french, medicine, revolutionary, wars