Ergot

[Ian Livingston]

Any Wiccans out there who can verify or discount the rumor I once
heard that ergot was used as a naturopathic pregnancy abortive agent?

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/19/toxic-fungus-infiltr.html
>
> While we're well aware of the danger inherent in these little black
> pods today (and can remove them from infested grain), Medieval
> Europeans were not so fortunate. Ergots were routinely milled into
> flour, and in bad years could reach frighteningly high levels. The
> ergots were not identified as a source of this disease until 1670
> (partially because these little sclerotia were so common that they
> were included in botanical illustrations of rye!)
>



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