Brewer's: Hippocrates' Sleeve

A woollen bag of a square piece of flannel, having the opposite corners joined, so as to make it triangular. Used by chemists for straining syrups, decoctions, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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