During the Middle Ages, if people ate rye bread tainted by a grain fungus, they would develop a psychotic-like condition, which was attributed to demon possession then, but which we now know was caused by

a. anxiolytics.
b. psychotropics.
c. ergot poisoning.
d. trepanning.


C

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