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result from general or local debility, the addition of tonics (golden seal 
or gentian) will be indicated. Their active properties may be extracted 
by infusion. 
Astringent clyster : 
Take an infusion of hardhack, strain, and add a table-spoonful of 
finely-pulverized charcoal to every three quarts of fluid. 
Another is an infusion of witch hazel. 
Another : 
No. 3G. 1 Table-spoonful powdered baybcrry bark, 
8 Quarts boiling water. 
When cool, it is fit for use. 
Use . — Astringent injections are used in all cases where it is desired to 
contract the living fibre, as in scouring, dysentery, scouring rot, diarrhea, 
bloody flux, falling of the womb, fundament, etc. 
Nourishing clysters : 
Nourishing clysters are composed of thin gruel made from flour, etc. 
Injection for worms : 
Make an infusion of pomegranate (rind of the fruit), and inject every 
night for a few days. This will rid the animal of worms that infest tho 
rectum : but if the animal is infested with the long, round worm ( teres ), 
then half a pint of the above infusion must be given for a few mornings, 
before feeding. 
Another for worm" 
No. 87. 1 Ounce powdered lobelia, 
1 Handful wood ashes, 
8 Quarts boiling water. 
When cool, it is fit for use. 
VL Infusions. 
These are made by steeping herbs, roots, and other medical substances 
in boiling water. No particular rules can be laid down as to the quantity 
of each article required. It will, however, serve as some sort of a guide, 
that we generally use from one to two ounces of the aromatic herbs and 
roots to every quart of fluid. A bitter infusion such as wormwood or 
camomile requires less of the herb. All kinds of infusions can be ren- 
dered palatable by the addition of a small quantity of honey or molasses. 
As a general rule, the human palate is a good criterion ; for if an infu- 
sion be too strong or unpalatable for a man, it is unfit for cattle or sheep. 
Au infusion of either of the following articles is valuable in colic, both 
flatulent and spasmodic, in all classes of animals : caraway, peppermint, 
