Usage of "saint anthony's fire"

Poisoning caused by the ingestion of ergot fungi which infect rye and other cereals.

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Examples for "ergotism"

Constitutional diseases, such as ergotism, anthrax, and septicemia, predispose to gangrene. 
 Special Report on Diseases of the Horse 

Outbreaks of ergotism are rare today, but a few did occur in the twentieth century. 
 Wicked plants 

For some time, ergotism looked like a good contender. 
 The Guardian 

Wood also mentions a species of ergotism characterized by epileptic paroxysms, which he calls "spasmodic ergotism." 
 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 

Long before Albert Hofmann extracted lysergic acid from ergot to make LSD, people infected with ergotism had bad LSD-like trips of their own. 
 Wicked plants 

Hysteria, hallucinations, and a feeling that something is crawling on the skin are all signs of ergot poisoning. 
 Wicked plants 

Usage of saint anthony's fire in English

I got the Saint Anthony's fire, also, in my left leg, and became quite a cripple. 
 The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave 

He was a big man with a white face, red hair and a touch of Saint Anthony's fire upon the cheek. 
 Sir Nigel 

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Meanings of saint anthony's fire in English