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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

RUCK, Carl A. P. (1935 – )

1935 –

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1978

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The road to Eleusis: Unveiling the secret of the mysteries.

HOFMANN, Albert (1906 – 2008)
HOFMANN, Albert (1906 – 2008) WASSON, Robert Gordon (1898 – 1986) RUCK, Carl A. P. (1935 – )

Argues that the psycho-active ingredient in the secret kykeion potion used in the Eleusinian mysteries was most likely the ergotism causing fungus Claviceps purpurea. Furthermore the book introduced the term "entheoge…