"The Medicine of Poe"

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Registration required.

Celebrate the 200th Birthday of America’s “Author of the Macabre,” Edgar Allen Poe, with the Mütter Museum. PBS 39’s Grover Silcox revives the legendary author as we explore “The Medicine of Poe.” Michael Cirigliano, M.D., from the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss how medicine in the mid-19th century affected Poe and influenced the dark stories that made him a legend. Then join Mr. Poe for a reception with the opportunity to ask the questions you always wanted to ask.