1875 July 41/1 The Congregatio rituum declared..that palms and blood-vials were reliable tests by which the bodies of genuine martyrs could be distinguished from spurious ones.
1988 (Nexis) 16 June a25/1 I wouldn't want my kid finding a blood vial on the beach.
2011 N. Hinze xi. 124 A man came bolting out of the lab pushing a cart of blood vials.