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Image title: Lawson, Driver William James, gravestone at Bandariabagh
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Sacred to the memory of
No.36406 Driver
William James Lawson
S Battery R.H.A.
Who died at Lucknow on 3/4th May 1908
From ptomaine poisoning
Aged 22 years
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Ptomaine posioning: An early theory on the causes of food poisoning involved ptomaines (from Greek ptōma, "fall, fallen body, corpse"), alkaloids found in decaying animal and vegetable matter. While some alkaloids do cause poisoning, the discovery of bacteria left the ptomaine theory obsolete and the word ptomaine is no longer used scientifically.
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