ptomaine poisoning

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The image had its roots in a physical purging that Sylvia experienced as a result of ptomaine poisoning that she had contracted on 16 June, during a lunch at an advertising agency.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2013

What is commonly called "ptomaine poisoning" is poisoning from foods which contain putrefactive bacteria.

From Time Magazine Archive

Naturally a party where everyone must first be inoculated and then constantly bear in mind the possibility of ptomaine poisoning is not ideal, or apt to be largely attended.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bette Davis: up & around after a siege of ptomaine poisoning.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is humiliating before others to have a diarrhoea from ptomaine poisoning or to vomit from it.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway