Napoleon contracts plague in 1798

I'm reading "The Middle Sea" by J. J. Norwich. I noticed something rather interesting during Napoleon's sojourn in Egypt:

"On March 7 Jedda Fell; 2,000 Turks and Palestinians were put to the sword, and another 2,000 taken down to the sea and shot. In an effort to improve his image after these atrocities, the Commander-In-Chief visited a plague hospital and, we are told, was ill-advised enough personally to carry a plague victim to his grave. He was not infected."

Remove the "not".
 
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