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Ergotism (pron. / ˈ ɜːr ɡ ə t ˌ ɪ z ə m / UR-gət-iz-əm) 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 clava "club" or clavus "nail" and -ceps 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 ...
St. Anthony's Hospital fire was a disaster that occurred on April 4, 1949 [1] in Effingham, Illinois. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital. It is used as a prime example of possible fire hazards hospitals could and can have. [ 2 ]
St. Anthony's fire (also known historically as Ignis Sacer and Holy Fire) may refer to: Ergotism, the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of alkaloids; Erysipelas, an acute infection, typically with a skin rash; St Anthony's Fire, a 1994 Doctor Who novel by Mark Gatiss
The work contains a number of references to Saint Anthony and Saint Anthony's fire. The congregation was founded c. 1095 by Gaston of Valloire, a nobleman of the Dauphiné, and his son, and confirmed by Pope Urban II in the same year, in thanksgiving for the son's miraculous cure from Saint Anthony's fire thanks to the relics of Saint Anthony ...
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Old St. Anthony's closed in 2019. [4] In 2020, Franciscan Health indicated plans to tear down much of the original building and repurpose the former hospital site. Franciscan expressed its intention to renovate the 2001 patient tower and use it for a program for the elderly, and relocate the 14-bed inpatient Behavioral Medicine Unit from the ...
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This is the second time St. Anthony's has been afflicted with the entity now known as Mercy. In 1995, leaders of St. Luke's hospital in Chesterfield; St. John's Mercy (now Mercy); and St. Anthony's joined under the brand Unity. [4] Eventually, St. Anthony's grew weary of paying for physicians and services that didn't directly impact its campus ...