Edgar Allan Poe's Death
By: Janice Pak
Background Information
Some Theories on How Poe Might Have Died
Brain Tumor
When Poe's body was dug up 30 years later after his death, they found a clump inside Poe's skull. The people who dug up Poe's body claimed it to be a part of Poe's brain, but an American author who wrote a novel about the mysteries of Poe's death, Matthew Pearl, was curious about about this "clump", so he contacted a forensics pathologist.
The piece was later found to be a Calcified brain tumor.
Also, during Poe's past life, a New York physician told Poe that him that he a lesion on his brain, which could be cause on why and how Poe started drinking.
Poisoning
Some claim that he died from the coal gas that was used for indoor lighting . The reason behind that is because during Poe's era, coal contained about 50,000 parts per million of Carbon Monoxide before it was lit.
Then some other people claim that he died from mercury because the levels of mercury that was found in his hair, at their highest are still 30 below the level consistent with mercury poisoning.
We think this happened because, when Poe was still alive, his doctor prescribed him calomel or aka mercury chloride .
murdered by Fiancee's brothers
Poe was very frightened so he disguised himself and hid himself in Philadelphia for about a week then went back to Richmond, Virginia to get married to Shelton. After the marriage Shelton's brother intercepted Poe and forced him to drink whiskey, which the brothers knew that the whiskey would send Poe to a deathly sickness. and
Fun facts about Edgar Allan Poe
- Poe's hair was a collectors item
- Poe was buried in an unmarked grave in his grandfather’s plot in Westminster Burying Grounds in Baltimore.
- Four days before his death, Poe was found at a poll place on a voting day
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