Salem witch trials

city in Massachusetts, United States

series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts

town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Ergotism (pronounced ) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus—from the Latin "club" or clavus "nail" and for "head", i.e. the purple club-headed fungus—that infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs. It is also known as ergotoxicosis, ergot poisoning, and '''Saint Anthony's fire'''.

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