Mold-induced food poisoning called ergot or ergotism. From Wordnik.com. [歪酷博客 Ycool Blog] Reference
Yes, corn ergot is somewhat rare, but you’ve probably seen it at least once in your life. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Breitbart on Podesta] Reference
The most important of these so-called sympathicolytic substances are the alkaloids which are found in ergot. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1957 - Presentation Speech] Reference
As far as 'ergot', it would seem the hippie generation have all grown up and turned into editors!. From Wordnik.com. [The Food Encyclopedia] Reference
Of the parasitic forms, one of the best known is the "ergot" of rye, more or less used in medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
This seemed not to work, so then they tried ergot. From Wordnik.com. [» The Aftermath Strocel.com] Reference
These complications occur more often with ergot derivatives. From Wordnik.com. [5. CARE DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR] Reference
PS - Irradiation would not help in botulism, ergot poisoning. From Wordnik.com. ["Thousands of Taco Bells Toss Green Onions."] Reference
So if they are like corn, imagine the cysts as a type of ergot. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Ovaries and Popcorn Have in Common? « Colleen Anderson] Reference
Are they victims of an ergot in the wheat fields sort of thing?. From Wordnik.com. [Okay, just ONE more ... - A Dress A Day] Reference
The more informed tried a medication made from the ergot fungus. From Wordnik.com. [The '30S] Reference
Prophylactic oxytocin vs ergot derivatives in third stage of labour. From Wordnik.com. [7. REFERENCES] Reference
The vegetable substances frequently used as abortives are savin and ergot. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Prophylactic syntometrine vs ergot derivatives in third stage of labour. From Wordnik.com. [7. REFERENCES] Reference
She put some hot stones in a bowl of water to make an infusion of ergot for Ayla. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
It is susceptible to ergot, a fungal disease that can be toxic to people who eat it. From Wordnik.com. [1 Introduction] Reference
The available evidence suggests that oxytocin is a better choice than ergot derivatives. From Wordnik.com. [5. CARE DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR] Reference
There are other plants that can help her lose the baby early if she needs to, ergot is only one. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
"I know about ergot and sweet rush, but I didn't know mistletoe could make a woman lose a baby.". From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
TABER, W.A. and HEACOCK, R.A. (1962) Location of ergot alkaloid and fungi in the seed of Rivea corymbosa (L.). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
At late harvests toothless mouths told of leprous marsh-spot in the seed and the bitter bloom of ergot on the rye. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Martinson - Poetry] Reference
The patient should now be given one teaspoonful of the fluid extract of ergot, which should be repeated in an hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
After the fetlock has been shorn of hair and the ergot trimmed, the skin is thoroughly cleansed and allowed to dry. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
The principal homeopathic remedies for this disease are ergot and cimicifuga, given in drop-doses of the tinctures. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics] Reference
Just before confinement send for one ounce of fluid extract of ergot and an original pint bottle of Squibb's Chloroform. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
However, ergot infects empty florets, and in triticale the improvement in floral fertility has dramatically reduced its incidence. From Wordnik.com. [4 Limitations and Uncertainties] Reference
In other forms of disease, where opium alone is contra-indicated, its bad effects are moderated, he says, by combining it with ergot. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
They aren't getting the majority back any time soon unless the Democrats have collective ergot poisoning and launch a nuke or something. From Wordnik.com. [NRCC Chief: Anyone Who Doesn't Give Us Campaign Cash "Ought To Be Ashamed"] Reference
According to others, it is by the presence of a few grains of ergot in the bread, that the people of Tuscany lose their limbs in gangrene. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
The alkaloids of ergot, as well as those of curare, have extremely complicated chemical structures and do not lend themselves to synthesis. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1957 - Presentation Speech] Reference
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