Ascites in a person with abdominal cancer as seen on ultrasound. Routine complete blood count (FBC), basic metabolic profile, liver enzymes, and coagulation should be performed.
On October 3, 1849, Poe was sent in a carriage to the Washington University Hospital of Baltimore (more widely known under its later incarnations as Church Home or Church Hospital).
But the historical accounts of Poe's condition in the hospital a few days before his death point to a strong possibility that he had rabies.. Poe was 40 years old when he died on October 7, 1849.