November 13, 2017 - November 17, 2017

Monday, November 13th: 

Passed back The Cask of Amontillado test

If you made below an “A” and you would like to raise your grade one letter grade, then you must write out the question and write out the correct answer to the question you missed. You only have to write out the questions and the answers to those questions you missed. However, you must write out the complete questions and the complete answers, not just the letter.

Please write the questions and the answers on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to the test.  It will be due Thursday, November 16^th.

Open your books to page 188, “Poe’s Death is Rewritten as a Case of Rabies, Not Alcoholism,

Begin at the bottom of the left hand column, “The curator of the Edgar Allan Poe House….”

Who was Mr. Jerome?

David answered the question

He was the curator.

What is a curator?

David: A curator is the keeper or manager of a museum or art collection. That means that he or she knows a great deal about the subject.

David: Mr. Jerome is saying that there are many, many stories about how Poe died, but no one offers proof.

Lizbeth:  Mr. Jerome says that Poe almost certainly did not die of alcoholism; he was very sensitive to alcohol and one drink could make him violently sick for days.

Render:

Milan: to bring a solution

Lizbeth: to provide or give

Hypothetical: in theory, not in reality.

“Let me pose a hypothetical question to you, doctor. What if a man interested in a certain female doctor asked her out, what are the chances she would say yes?”

Pathologist:

Milan: a doctor who studies forensics and the cause of death.

Julian: an autopsy is when the pathologist or the coroner examines a corpse for the to determine the cause of death.

Lizbeth: a pathologist is a doctor who studies the causes of diseases, particularly unique or lethal diseases.

Why did Dr. Benitez examine Poe’s medical records?

He was given an anonymous patient’s medical chart and was given the task to figure out how the patient died.

How did Dr. Benitez figure out that it was Poe’s medical records he was reading?

He figured it out through deduction. There were no cat scans or CTEs from the medical charts. The patient was from an earlier time – earlier than the late 20^th century. The patient’s initials were E.P., a writer from Richmond.

Melany reads:

“If Only Poe Had Succeeded When He Said Nevermore to Drink”.

Two doctors offer a different opinion from Dr. Benitez and they agree with Dr. Moran that Poe died from alcoholism.

Their arguments are that there were eye-witness accounts who said Poe was drunk. 

His relatives, his uncle-in-law, his cousins, and Dr. Moran all claimed Poe was drunk or had a very long history of drinking. 

The two doctors' other argument is Poe’s own words let us know that he was still drinking. He wrote letters of deepest apologies and swore oaths to his beloved wife and mother-in-law, that he would never drink again and yet, a few weeks or months later, there would be more letters swearing again that he would never drink again. And this continued for years.

Tuesday, November 14th: 

Page 190

“Rabies Death Theory”

Reading: Jestice

Vocabulary:

Encephalitis

Taylor – encephalitis is inflammation of the brain

Tymiah – rabid, which is what an animal that has rabies is called.

Rabid is an adjective, which describes an animal that has rabies.

According to Dr. Benitez, in the last twenty years, there have been thirty-three human cases of rabies.

David and Diego: Only 24% of those could remember being bitten by an animal.

Jestice: Fifteen cases where bat related.

But only seven of the fifteen cases could remember coming in contact with a bat.

That means eight of the fifteen did not remember coming in contact with a bat.

Jonathan: reading

How long is the incubation period of rabies?

Taylor: It can be as long as a year.

Taylor and David: came up with the definition of incubation

Incubation: the amount of time between the transmission of the disease and the appearance of the disease’s symptoms.

Did doctors know how rabies was transmitted?

What is the causative agent of rabies?

Rhabdovirus is the virus that causes rabies, which was unknown to doctors in the 19^th century.

Dr. Benitez claimed he never blamed poor Caterina for giving Poe rabies.

Who is Louis Pasteur and what did he do?

Jestice and Milan:  Louis Pasteur developed the rabies vaccine but he did not know about the rhabdovirus. 

Diego:  Louis Pasteur was also a French chemist, who helped develop the important medical link between the transmission of disease and germs. Pasteur had developed a rabies vaccine taken from the tissue taken from rabid animals. However, he and other scientists had not isolated and identified the virus that causes rabies.

Wednesday, November 15th: 

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Time to write the Essay for How Did Edgar Allan Poe Die?!

Evidence Poe Died from Alcoholism	Evidence Poe Died from Rabies	Arguments Against Rabies
Poe was found in a bar and appeared to be drunk – David and Taylor		The incubation period of rabies is one year – Bianca, Salamata, Jasmine
Poe went to the hospital in a stupor – Bianca, Salamate, Jasmine
There are many letters written by Poe to his family swearing off drinking which spanned many, many years.
He was dressed in other people’s clothes
Poe was hallucinating which is a classic example of end stage alcoholism – Trenton
Poe was drenched in sweat  - Diego
There were eye witness accounts by physicians who diagnosed Poe as drunk

Pair up with your next door partner and find evidence to support the theory that Poe died from Alcoholism!

Evidence can be found in the following articles: “Poe’s Final Days” (page 184), “Poe’s Death is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not Telltale Alcohol” (page 187), “If Poe Had Succeeded When He Said Nevermore to Drink” (page 189), “Rabies Death Theory” (page 190)

Vocabulary: 

Exposure means when someone is out in extreme weather, particularly cold, rainy, or snowy weather which can cause someone to fall very ill and even die.

Hallucination: to see things that are not real or are not there in reality.

Then pair up with your partner and find evidence from the text that supports the theory that Poe died from Encephalitic Rabies.

Thursday, November 16th: 

Nigerian King's visit. 

Friday, November 17th: