botulinus toxin

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Any of several potent neurotoxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and resistant to proteolytic digestion.botulin

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In this understanding, art is like a medicine or a toxin, transforming its audience for good or ill.
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In fact Botulinum Toxin is a lethal substance that can cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.
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The same toxin that causes this “pseudomembrane” to form can also damage organs like the heart and kidneys.
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Though she has clarified that she “and the autism community” are not anti-vaccine per se, they are “anti-toxin and anti-schedule.”
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It presumes “that art is an instrument like medicine or a toxin that can be injected into us and transform us.”
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It does, however, unite with the toxin or poison given off by the germs and renders it entirely harmless.
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The severe cramp from which athletes are liable to suffer is due to an accumulation of this toxin.
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Get out bandages, have hot water, make the hypodermics ready and mix some strong morphia and anti-toxin solution.
The Blind Lion of the Congo|Elliott Whitney
This "control" then serves to demonstrate the freedom of the toxin from living bacteria.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Guinea-pigs and mice are very susceptible to infection by B. botulinus by this method; rabbits less so.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre