Jessica Voyles ENG 2-Final Exam

I believe both articles. Simply because both seem very logical if they're put together. I think the relatives of Poe did find him by a bar with alcohol in his system but I dont think he died from drinking too much. There are sources that have said Poe was not a heavy drinker, only in his younger days.
I also dont believe that Poe's cat gave him rabies, but that some other animal from sometime ago had bit him, because the doctor that cared for him those four days did not find bite marks and believed that he was not dying from alcohol but from a case of rabies because he had all the signs of it.
But it's still a mystery on the real reaon he died he did not have any bite marks that they know of and also had to same behaviors as a person with delrium tremens. The true story can also not be revealed because of the lack of medical advances.
Which brings me to my theory of Poe's death. I believe he had rabies and never knew. And one night he decided to drink a little more then usual which triggered his syptoms of rabies.And died four days later.