Poe was an abnormal guy who has suffered through many losses of family members in his life. And then his own death happened. Poe has lost multiple family members due to illnesses. But his death still remains a mystery, many think he died from rabies but he died from alcoholism. However, Poe did die of alcoholism because he had no bites or scratches from his cat or any other animal to get rabies so that’s the only other way he could've died according to the articles. Many people believe that Poe died of rabies, however Poe died of alcohol. "His face was pale and drenched in sweat" Silverman 185 He had drank so much alcohol that it pretty much dehydrated him and he was sweating a lot and was very pale. Poe was seeing spectral and
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Therefore, Poe had to of died of alcohol, it's clear to see he had a problem by the evidence gathered. Saylor2
Poe has problems with alcohol and would binge drink. Evidence of Poe chronic binges is strewn through his letters in periodic admissions of "recoveries" and promises to his wife Virginia and mother to "reform" Benedetto 189. Poe always said he was going to stop drinking but he never did. Supplementary accounts of Poes alcoholic condition came from Joseph Walker a Baltimore printer who first found him. Benedetto 189
People knew that Poe had a drinking problem. There was lack of evidence of a bite or scratch and he had no symptoms. Benedetto 189. Poes cat Catrina died of starvation and showed no signs of rabies.
There's no way Poe could have died from rabies because he had no bites or scratches from anything. As said in the letter to the editor, I do not admit that the lack of a bite or scratch is a weakness in my theory that Edgar Allen Poe may have died of rabies encephalitis. Benítez 190. Even a supporter of the claim "he died of rabies" cannot fully support it. Poes cat is the only animal he is ever around and it didn’t have rabies. The pet cat Catrina uninfected showed no
Therefore, Poe had to of died of alcohol, it's clear to see he had a problem by the evidence gathered. Saylor2
Poe has problems with alcohol and would binge drink. Evidence of Poe chronic binges is strewn through his letters in periodic admissions of "recoveries" and promises to his wife Virginia and mother to "reform" Benedetto 189. Poe always said he was going to stop drinking but he never did. Supplementary accounts of Poes alcoholic condition came from Joseph Walker a Baltimore printer who first found him. Benedetto 189
People knew that Poe had a drinking problem. There was lack of evidence of a bite or scratch and he had no symptoms. Benedetto 189. Poes cat Catrina died of starvation and showed no signs of rabies.
There's no way Poe could have died from rabies because he had no bites or scratches from anything. As said in the letter to the editor, I do not admit that the lack of a bite or scratch is a weakness in my theory that Edgar Allen Poe may have died of rabies encephalitis. Benítez 190. Even a supporter of the claim "he died of rabies" cannot fully support it. Poes cat is the only animal he is ever around and it didn’t have rabies. The pet cat Catrina uninfected showed no