ptomain

How To Use ptomain In A Sentence

• Oh, yes, it was a full man's job, and I dosed and doctored, and pulled teeth, and dragged my patients through mild little things like ptomaine poisoning. Chapter 32
• Effects on mice, etc. A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
• He died of ptomaine poisoning contracted from tainted Japanese crabmeat.
• The Mayor and Mayoress of Doncaster had been suffering from ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating pigeon pie provided for their guests at an entertainment at the Mansion House.
• When our receptacles are in this condition, why do we add more material for the generation of poisons of the ptomain and leucomain classes, and morbid gaseous elements? Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis
• Food poisoning -- commonly called ptomaine poisoning -- and the effects ascribed to "salts of tin" result from improper handling and improper preparation of the product before packing, or from allowing the product to stand in the tin after it has been opened. Every Step in Canning
• Mess around and give everybody ptomaine poisoning. A Kettle of Vultures
• But with a little purple paint and a heavy dose of whimsy, the Paper Moon had vanquished the ptomaine ghosts of the previous regime. IN A STRANGE CITY
• Will Mamacita meet her maker at the hands of ptomaine poisoning? Mamacita Takes the Duane Reade Challenge; Her Cat Declines | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
• Being in town, I warily went along to the Colorado Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, a ballet I normally prefer only slightly to ptomaine poisoning.