Open AccessNATURE OF THE TOXIC AGENT IN “MEAT POISONING”
Author(s) -
Isidor Greenwald
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.8.595
Subject(s) - environmental health , toxicology , medicine , biology
This is only a report of progress, negative in parts, in a very elusive matter. Ptomaines are not responsible; microörganisms only partly so. Further investigation is suggested along the lines of a search for possible heat-labile toxins.