Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History
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Book
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ISBN 10
0300051212
ISBN 13
9780300051216
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Publication Year
1991
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Pages
208
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Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period. - from Amzon
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