The history of ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea) I: From antiquity to 1900

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Lee, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Ergot; Ergotism; Gangrene; Rye grass; St Anthony

Indexed keywords

CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; EPIDEMIC; ERGOT; ERGOTISM; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LACTATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; RYE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CLAVICEPS; ERGOTISM; GANGRENE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; SECALE CEREALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 70350676984     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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