 Throughout his journey, he is repeatedly dismembered and disfigured, falsely assumed to be dead, hanged, locked away, and prematurely interred.The absurd exaggerations may be explained by the fact that the tale was meant to satirize fiction published in the Edinburgh "Blackwood Magazine""," which was known for its sensational texts.Inspired by the rapid scientific developments during the nineteenth century and pre-Civil War period, Poe and other writers commonly expressed their ideas and perspectives about the newfound medical culture and practices.