The Hospital Brothers of St . Anthony, an order of monks established in 1095, specialized in treating ergotism victims with balms containing tranquilizing and circulation-stimulating plant extracts.
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Ergot, the common name of a fungus in the genus Claviceps that is parasitic on certain grains and grasses, also occurs in tropical regions, and may cause ergotism.
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Monks of the order of St . Anthony the Great specialized in treating ergotism victims with balms containing tranquilizing and circulation-stimulating plant extracts; they were also skilled in amputations.
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:: Rye bread and other breads infected by " fungus " could historically result in Ergotism . ~ U ) 01 : 23, 18 January 2011 ( UTC)
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The history of bread-making is also peppered with references to deadly ergotism caused by ergot, most commonly " Claviceps purpurea ", a parasite of cereal crops.
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Spanos and Gottlieb also state that ergot poisoning has additional symptoms not associated with the events in Salem and that the proportion of children afflicted was less than in a typical ergotism epidemic.
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Ergot infection causes a reduction in the yield and quality of grain and hay produced, and if infected grain or hay is fed to livestock it may cause a disease called ergotism.
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On December 27 ( November 16 or November 27, according to other sources ) Arthur Benni died in Rome, from complications of ergotism ( according to other sources, gangrene ).
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For example, an alkaloid, present in high concentrations in ergots from Europe east of the Rhine may have caused convulsive ergotism, while to the west it caused epidemics of gangrenous ergotism.
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For example, an alkaloid, present in high concentrations in ergots from Europe east of the Rhine may have caused convulsive ergotism, while to the west it caused epidemics of gangrenous ergotism.
