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).
No one can say conclusively that Poe died of rabies, since there was no autopsy after his death, Benitez says. 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.. And he might have got it from cats. (Before we go any further, it should be noted that, when he was handed the case for review, Benitez did not know it was Poe's.