Nevada Regional Medical Center, Missouri 64772, USA.
Omega (Westport). 2009;60(2):165-73. doi: 10.2190/om.60.2.d.
This study examines all documented information regarding the final days and death of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), in an attempt to determine the most likely cause of death of the American poet, short story writer, and literary critic. Information was gathered from letters, newspaper accounts, and magazine articles written during the period after Poe's death, and also from biographies and medical journal articles written up until the present. A chronology of Poe's final days was constructed, and this was used to form a differential diagnosis of possible causes of death. Death theories over the last 160 years were analyzed using this information. This analysis, along with a review of Poe's past medical history, would seem to support an alcohol-related cause of death.
本研究考察了所有关于埃德加·爱伦·坡（1809-1849 年）最后几天和去世的记录信息，试图确定这位美国诗人、短篇小说作家和文学评论家的最可能死因。信息来自坡去世后那段时期的信件、报纸报道和杂志文章，也来自传记和直到现在的医学期刊文章。我们构建了坡最后几天的年表，并以此形成了可能死因的鉴别诊断。利用这些信息分析了过去 160 年来的死因理论。这种分析以及对坡过去病史的回顾似乎支持与酒精有关的死因。
