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"Ptomaine Poisoning" was a misconstrued, vague, and inaccurate term used before the actual causes of food poisoning were known.
"Ptomaine poisoning" was a general term for illness believed to be caused by the presence of alkaloids in decomposing animal and vegetable matter. Most actual illnesses were likely bacterial infections from consuming contaminated food, rather than any resultant decay compounds.
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Ptomaine which is Greek for corpse used to be a common word for what potentially deadly ailment?
Food Poisoning
What are different types of poisoning?
botulism, bromism, digitalism, ergotism, fluorosis, hydrargyria, iodism, lead poisoning, listeriosis, mercurialism, phosphorism, plumbism, ptomaine poisoning, salmonella, saturnism, strychninism
Can you use the word ptomaine in a sentence?
The food contained ptomaine which harbored poison-producing bacteria
What has the author Edwin Oakes Jordan written?
Edwin Oakes Jordan has written: 'The newer knowledge of bacteriology and immunology' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Bacteriology, Immunity, Immunology 'The habits and development of the newt' -- subject(s): Newts 'Textbook of bacteriology' -- subject(s): Bacteriology 'Food poisoning and food-borne infection' -- subject(s): Food poisoning, Pathogenic microorganisms, Ptomaine poisoning
How do you tell if egg salad is spoiled?
submerge the egg in cold water - a very fresh egg in water will lie on the bottom. One that is a week or so old will sit on the bottom but bob slightly. One that is three weeks or so old will balance on its small end, with the large end reaching for the sky. A bad egg will float, with the large end up.
What do komodo dragons do with there poission?
They do nothing. Their poison is just ptomaine. they are immune for it, but fatal for their victims. Even for humans, if wounds wasn't decontaminated
What is the meaning of microbiological poisoning?
Microbiological poisoning is commonly known as "food poisoning."
How does lipstick poisoning occur?
There is no such thing as "lipstick poisoning ".
Can you die from ergot poisoning?
It can be fatal in chronic poisoning.
Is ink poisoning bad?
Every type of poisoning is bad.
What is the shape of Food Poisoning?
The shape of food poisoning? depends I suppose on what bacteria caused the food poisoning in the first place.
What happens when you get Mercury poisoning?
Have you heard about mercury poisoning? people in china are slowly dying of mercury poisoning. due to energy saving light bulbs! do you know what the side effects of mercury poisoning are?
