Edgar Allan Poe hydrophobic? drunk?

Did edgar allan poe have hydrophobia? i kno dr.benitez said he did but he didn't prove it. I need proof of that to be convinced he actualy died of rabies. Is it possible he foretold his death through the poems he wrote? ps i will have to write an essay making the reader belive a theory but so far i believe in the theory of alcoholism unless i have proof he feared water or didn't drink at all when he was found at Gunners Hall . Please help..thanks=]