Witch hazel, (winter bloom,) bark or leaves, 2 ounces.
Make a decoction with the smallest possible quantity of water, and if
the bleeding is from the nose, throw it up by means of a syringe; if
from the stomach, lungs, or bowels, add more water, and let the animal
drink it, and give some by injection.
_Styptic to arrest external Bleeding._
Wet a piece of lint with tincture of muriate of iron, and bind it on the
part.
There are various other styptics, such as alum water, strong tincture of
nutgalls, bloodroot, common salt, fine flour, &c.