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Poisoning caused by the ingestion of ergot fungi which infect rye and other cereals.
saint anthony's fire
ergot poisoning
ergotoxicosis
1
Constitutional diseases, such as
ergotism
,
anthrax, and septicemia, predispose to gangrene.
2
Outbreaks of
ergotism
are rare today, but a few did occur in the twentieth century.
3
For some time,
ergotism
looked like a good contender.
4
Wood also mentions a species of
ergotism
characterized by epileptic paroxysms, which he calls "spasmodic
ergotism
.
"
5
Long before Albert Hofmann extracted lysergic acid from ergot to make LSD, people infected with
ergotism
had bad LSD-like trips of their own.
6
States are not governed by
ergotisms
.
7
As Sir Thomas Browne said long ago, nations are not governed by
ergotisms
(or as we should say syllogisms) but by instinct and common sense.
infect with ergotism
spasmodic ergotism