 ...a key was thrust through the inch of doorway, and Mr Bulstrode said huskily, ‘That is the key of the wine-cooler.You will find plenty of brandy there.’"

American writer Mark Twain describes an episode of delirium tremens in his book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884).In Chapter 6, Huck states about his father, "After supper pap took the jug, and said he had enough whisky there for two drunks and one delirium tremens.