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Ancient Wisdom and Pagan Spirituality

PADemD

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1. Did they check for Convulsive Ergotism?

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 08:13 AM

Sep 2013

Convulsive ergotism is characterized by nervous dysfunction, where the victim is twisting and contorting their body in pain, trembling and shaking, and wryneck, a more or less fixed twisting of the neck, which seems to simulate convulsions or fits. In some cases, this is accompanied by muscle spasms, confusions, delusions and hallucinations, as well as a number of other symptoms.

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM

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Did they check for Convulsive Ergotism? PADemD Sep 2013 #1