Daniel Nunez English 5* Final Exam

In the four arguments that I have read about Edgar ALlen Poe's death, I have come to the conclusion that the cause for his death was Alcoholism and not rabies.
I think this because Poe had a fever when he left Richmond. He got drunk and he was found outside of a Baltimore tavern strangely dressed and semi-concious. This could have gotten him extremly sick because the weather was wintery while he was outside.
The stories that claim that Edgar Allen Poe had Rabies I think are wrong. The reason why I think this is because he didn't have a scratch or any wound to say that an animal with rabies had attacked him. If it was a long time ago that he had been bitten it could have affected him any time after he was bitten so the probability to him dieing from rabies isn't likely. His cat also was not found to have rabies. Alcoholism and exposure to the elements were far more likely.
What poe had was cerebral inflamation that was caused by to much exposure to the wintery weather outside of the tavern which he didn't care about since he was drunk and semi- concious. He eventually died in a hospital after behaving extermely delerious.
This is why I think it wasn't rabies that killed him but alcoholism and exposure to the elements. Many people die from alcogol related incidents. Poe was probably one of them.