ergotism
Origin of ergotism
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How to use ergotism in a sentence
Thus far the foreign experience of ergotism, both medieval and modern, and of its several types.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonIt is almost exclusively among the peasantry that symptoms of ergotism have been seen, and among children particularly.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonThe first undoubted instance of ergotism in England belongs to the eighteenth century.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonChronic poisoning, or ergotism, used frequently to occur amongst the poor fed on rye infected with the Claviceps.
The last-known “epidemic” of ergotism occurred in Lorraine and Burgundy in the year 1816.
British Dictionary definitions for ergotism
/ (ˈɜːɡəˌtɪzəm) /
ergot poisoning, producing either burning pains and eventually gangrene in the limbs or itching skin and convulsions: Also called: Saint Anthony's fire
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