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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 My·da·le·ine n.  Physiol. Chem. A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines.  As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.