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But at the time, no scientist had connected those black seed grains with ergotism.
One of the main illnesses treated at the hospital was ergotism, a disease caused by ergot, a fungus that grows especially on rye.
A related genus, Claviceps, includes C. purpurea, the cause of ergot of rye and ergotism in humans and domestic animals.
The fungus, however, had disastrous side effects, called ergotism, also known as St. Anthony's fire.
Risk of ergotism is increased with chronic daily use, and rare fibrotic complications are associated with prolonged chronic use.
Whether rye grain was to blame for the witch trial hysteria or not, the last recorded case in Europe was in 1954 and the chances of an ergotism outbreak in the developed world are now next to zero.
Examples from Classical Literature
Thus far the best-known examples of poisoning by the products of micro-organisms are botulism and ergotism.
This is a Latin letter by Dr. Baker, and gives a good history of the various epidemics of ergotism.
The convulsive form of ergotism mostly begins with some cerebral disturbance.
It is almost exclusively among the peasantry that symptoms of ergotism have been seen, and among children particularly.
Thus far the foreign experience of ergotism, both medieval and modern, and of its several types.
The first undoubted instance of ergotism in England belongs to the eighteenth century.
Chronic poisoning, or ergotism, used frequently to occur amongst the poor fed on rye infected with the Claviceps.
With decomposed breads we take the poisons that produce pellagra, kak-ke, ergotism and acrodinia.
Morel's travels and clinical experience taught him that Europe's masses endured a host of crippling diseases, including cretinism and ergotism.
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