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Poisoning caused by the ingestion of ergot fungi which infect rye and other cereals.
ergotism
ergot poisoning
ergotoxicosis
ergotism
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.
1
Hysteria, hallucinations, and a feeling that something is crawling on the skin are all signs of
ergot
poisoning
.
1
I got the
Saint
Anthony
's
fire
,
also, in my left leg, and became quite a cripple.
2
He was a big man with a white face, red hair and a touch of
Saint
Anthony
's
fire
upon the cheek.