[Ergotismus convulsivus. the convulsive type of ergotism illustrated by an example in the year 1738].

This paper describes cases of ergotismus convulsivus (the kind of poisoning from ergotized grain marked by convulsions), some of them fatal, in the year 1738. The origins of the formation of the ergotized grain as well as the symptoms of ergotism are presented. Comparisons to other epidemics of ergotism are drawn.