Ergot: From “St. Anthony's Fire” to the isolation of its active principle, ergometrine (ergonovine)

The Obstetrician Bids, and the Uterus Contracts

J. C. Moir · BMJ · 1964 · 404 citations · Full text

Public Health, Maternal Health, Obstetrics +5

The history and present-day use of ergot.

Moir Jc · PubMed · 1955 · 391 citations · Full text

Humanities, History, Ergonomics +2

THE SUBSTANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRADITIONAL CLINICAL EFFECT OF ERGOT

Harold Ward Dudley, Chassar Moir · BMJ · 1935 · 114 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology +5

The Dosage and Action of Pituitary Extract and of the Ergot Alkaloids on the Uterus in Labour, with a note on the Action of Adrenalin.*

Aleck Bourne, J. H. Burn · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 1927 · 90 citations

Medicine, Obstetrics, Pharmacology +14

THE ACTION OF ERGOT PREPARATIONS ON THE PUERPERAL UTERUS: A CLINICAL INVESTIGATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AN ACTIVE CONSTITUENT OF ERGOT AS YET UNIDENTIFIED

Chassar Moir, H. H. Dale · BMJ · 1932 · 69 citations · Full text

Medicine, Obstetrics, Surgery +8