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  • Saint Geneviève interceding for the people of Paris afflicted by ergotism. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1820, after G.-F. Doyen, ca. 1820.
  • The Abbaye of Saint Antoine, the Sologne, France. Pilgrims suffering from ergotism (St Antony's fire) approaching the infirmary in which the relics and bones of the saint are preserved which were believed to cure the disease. Oil painting by Ernest Board.