winebottleful

winebottleful (plural winebottlefuls)

1. Alternative form of wine-bottleful
   • 1870 February 16, Henry H. Pollard, “Correspondence”, in Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, second series, volume XI, London: John Churchill and Sons, […]; Maclachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh; and Fannin & Co., […], page 582:

     What must I do if, at market-time or on a Saturday night, a customer wants a pennyworth each of paregoric and syrup of squills, or a pennyworth of laudanum in a winebottleful of vinegar and treacle?

   • 1871, George Fullerton, “The Stomach”, in The Family Medical Guide; with Plain Directions for the Treatment of Every Case, and a List of the Medicines Required for Any Household, London: Chapman & Hall, […], page 75:

     Put a breakfastcupful of good hops into a saucepan with four quarts of cold water; let it be boiled slowly for five hours, until it is reduced to three quarts, or four winebottlefuls, and then strain.

   • 1873, James Moore, “On the Therapeutic Action of Kali Bichromicum”, in [James Beart] Simonds, editor, assisted by Professors Brown and Tuson, and G[eorge] Fleming, The Veterinarian: A Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, London: […] J. E. Adlard, […] Longmans, Green, & Co., […], page 441:

     When there is much febrile excitement I usually begin with drop doses of tincture of aconite, repeated every three hours for a few times, and followed by the bichromate, one grain in a winebottleful of water, of which solution a wineglassful is given three times a day, and then as the symptoms yield only night and morning.

   • 1875, H[ugo Wilhelm] von Ziemssen, editor; Prof. Hertz, author; Edward W. Schauffler, transl.; Albert H. Buck, editor of American edition, “Malarial Diseases”, in Cyclopædia of the Practice of Medicine, volume II (Acute Infectious Diseases), New York, N.Y.: William Wood and Company, […], page 678:

     Where pecuniary considerations forbid a journey to the baths, I order the artificial Karlsbad salts (one to two teaspoonfuls in half a winebottleful of hot water, of the temperature of 122° to 126.5° Fahr.) to be taken in the morning before eating.

   • 1877 November 17, Alexander Stewart, “Why Dental Caries is so General, and how to Prevent It”, in Roberts Bartholow and James G. Hyndman, editors, The Clinic. A Weekly Journal of Practical Medicine., volume XIII, number 20, Cincinnati, Ohio: […] for the Clinic Publishing Company by Robert Clarke & Co., page 233:

     The form I have always recommended is a teaspoonfull^[sic] of bicarbonate of soda and a tablespoonful of eau de Cologne in a quart (a winebottleful) of water, a little hot water being added, if required, to warm the small quantity poured out for use.