Causes Of Edgar Allan Poe Death

Poe’s Death: Mystery or Not? Many things are known about Edgar Allan Poe, such as the fact he married his twelve-year-old cousin, and that he was a writer, but just how did this famous man die? Some people believe he was suffering from encephalitis or rabies. Others believe a political kidnapping was the cause of his death. The most realistic cause was that Poe died from alcoholism, branching from his history of drinking binges and because he was a known alcoholic. There were few symptoms that pointed to rabies or encephalitis, but many that pointed to alcoholism. “Dr. Benitez admits the primary weakness of his theory – lack of evidence of a bite or scratch.” (The New York Times) Though it probably would have been noticed when he received