1890 J. S. Billings II Tetanotoxine, C5H11N, a base obtained from beef-broth cultures of the tetanus bacillus. It produces spasm and paralysis.
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch i. 34 From cultivations of the [tetanus] bacillus Brieger has isolated several ptomaines—tetanin, tetanotoxin, and spasmotoxin.