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Linnda Caporael may have solved one of the biggest mysteries of early American history — the cause of the Salem Witch Trials — but she stumbled onto the case quite by accident. ... Although she has long since moved on to other work, Caporael keeps her nose in the ergotism case file, following research that suggests...
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Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem? ... Convulsive ergotism may have been a physiological basis for the Salem witchcraft crisis in 1692. ... Evidence for Ergotism in Salem...
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web.utk.edu/~kstclair/221/ergotism.html
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Ergotism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ergotism is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more rece...
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Ergot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ergot refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps (ergot fungi). The most prominent member of this group is Claviceps purpurea . This fungus grows on rye and related plants, and can cause e...
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This month's fungus is Claviceps purpurea, cause of ergotism-- and likely contributor to the Salem Witch Trials ... This was chronicled in an article (Science 192:21-26, 1976) by Linnda R. Caporael called "Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem?" She provides compelling, although circumstantial, evidence that the Salem...
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botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct99.html
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In fact, when one remembers the thousands of accused witches in Europe, and the witchcraft cases in New England before Salem, the idea of ergotism cannot stand.17 Joseph Klaits, an historian of European witchcraft, states that the claims of ergotism rest on "a long chain of unlikely assumptions."18...
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www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/background/salem.html
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Looking for truetype Salem Ergotism font? Click here! ... Category: Fancy Fonts › Eroded Fonts; Author: The Font Emporium; License: Free; Download Salem Ergotism Font (21 Kb); 553 downloads since 04/03/2006.
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Ergotism and the Salem witch panic: a critical analysis and an alternative conceptualization. ... Ergotism: the satan loosed in Salem? ... Witchcraft or mycotoxin? The Salem witch trials.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/795029
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