“One of the first recorded attacks was in the seventh century BC when the Assyrians used a fungal disease called ergot to poison water supplies.”

“The Department of Agriculture has discovered sorghum ergot in a small area of forage sorghum growing in southern Western Australia.”

“One of the main illnesses treated at the hospital was ergotism, a disease caused by ergot, a fungus that grows especially on rye.”

“Thankfully, I delivered the placenta without difficulty, or ergometrine.”

“The studies reviewed used oxytocin, ergometrine, or a mixture of those drugs administered intravenously or intramuscularly immediately after delivery of the infant.”

“Doctors seldom have an important role, except perhaps to provide reassurance, but they may need to administer a uterine contractant such as ergometrine.”

“Oral preparations combining ergotamine and caffeine are available, as are rectal suppositories.”

“Using vasoconstrictors such as ergotamine and the triptans in the presence of focal ischaemia is a theoretical concern.”

“Of course his diuretic would probably now be furosemide and his ergotamine tartrate today might be sumatriptan.”

“The hypodermic use of ergotin has been followed by results most gratifying to those employing it.”

“This remedy, in the form of ergotin, is most effective when introduced beneath the skin.”

“Vidal has cured three cases by the repeated use of ergotin locally, hypodermically.”

“It might be presumed that the other preparations available in the United States, methylergonovine maleate and ergonovine maleate, produce the same effects and outcomes.”

“Five trials showed little evidence of a synergistic effect of adding oxytocin to ergonovine versus ergonovine alone.”

“Coronary vasospasm was induced by a provocation test with ergonovine, and only total or subtotal occlusion was considered positive.”

“Despite the frequent use of ergots and settings of sepsis, we rarely encounter peripheral symmetrical gangrene in pregnant women.”