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She injected a syringeful of saline into the vial and shook it, pushed a needle into the vial and withdrew about half the contents.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2016

Decoction of oak bark, a pint; dried alum, half an ounce: for an injection, a syringeful to be used night and morning.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

After each movement of the bowels, a small hand-ball syringeful of cold water should be thrown into the rectum and retained.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

Of this he injected a syringeful into the back of a rabbit.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various