Andrew Rohrich- Final Exam

Edgar Alan Poe, a writer with such a documented life, yet such a misteriouse death. Rabies has a much greater scource of evidence rather than the drunkard side, with it's "he said, she said" base. His cat may be one peice of evidence, also with the fact that at that point in time, there was no vacenes for pets.

I'm not saying that his poor cat is the definate scource of his rabies. Although there is the posability that Caterina, his beloved kitty, delivered the final blow to this writers legacy of beautifull words and lyrics, and the death of one of english's greatest writers. It is also duely noted that at that time, there was no vacenes for pets.

Acording to Dr. Henry Wilde, who frequently treats cases of rabies at the Chulalongcorn University Hospital in Bangkok, Thiland, Poe had all of the symptoms of encyphilitic rabies. Encyphilitic rabies cause a swelling of the brain, causing the halucinations that poe expirienced in his last four days at the hospital.

Overal rabies has a much wider evidence base than the fable of the drunkard side. With it's much larger list of "he said, she said" acounts that no one will commit to. Although there have been acounts of after poes death of his doctor sending leters to his family, none of the letters have been found. In the end, it all comes down to evidence.