Ergotism

For Ergotism, a total of 1 epidemic events are known so far. It is a disease.

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Page	DateStart date of the disease.	SummarySummary of the disease event	OriginalOriginal text	TranslationEnglish translation of the text	ReferenceReference(s) to literature	Reference translationReference(s) to the translation
1235-00-00-Limoges	1235 JL	Outbreak of an epidemic in connection with ergotism in Limoges with mass graves.	Sequitur tanta mortalitas quod tam igne sacro quam a pestilentia multa milia hominum moriuntur. Ego una die semel in cimiterio Sancti Geraldi Lemovicensis vidi centum pauperes sepeliri; frequentius autem xxx. et l.	A mortality followed so that many thousands of people died, both from the sacred fire [ergotism] and from the pestilence. On one day, I myself saw a hundred poor people buried in the cemetery of Saint Gerald of Limoges; more frequently, however, thirty and fifty.	Chronicon Girardi de Fracheto 1855, p. 4.	Translation by Martin Bauch

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