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mass. Spread it on a cloth, and sprinkle a small quantity of powdered 
cayenne on its surface. 
Use, To stimulate ill-conditioned ulcers to healthy action. Where 
there is danger of putrescence add a small quantity of powdered charcoal. 
.Poultice for bruises : — 
Nothing makes so good a poultice for recent bruises as boiled carrot* 
er marsh mallows. 
Poultice to promote suppuration : 
tfo. A sufficient quantity of Indian meal, 
1 Handful of linseed, 
1 Teaspoonful of cayenne. 
To be moistened with vinegar and applied at the usual temperature. 
Styptics to arrest bleeding : 
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, etc. 
Absorbents : (for Iloven, etc.) 
Absorbents are composed of materials partaking of an alkaline charac- 
ter, and are used for the purpose of neutralizing acid matter. The form- 
ation of an acid in the stomach arises from some derangement of the 
digestive organs, sometimes brought on by the improper quantity or 
quality of the food. It is useless, therefore, to give absorbents, with a 
view of neutralizing acid, unless the former are combined with tonics, or 
agents that are capable of restoring the stomach to a healthy state. 
A mixture of chalk, salaratus, and soda is often given by farmers ; yet 
they do not afford permanent relief. They do some good by correcting 
the acidity of the stomach, but the animals are often affected with 
diarrhea or costiveness, loss of appetite, colic, and convulsions. Atten- 
tion to the diet would probably do more good than all the medicine in the 
world. Yet, if they do get sick, something must bo done. The best 
forms of absorbents are the following which have been very carefully selected. 
They restore healthy action to the lost function, at the same time that they 
neutralize the gas : 
forms of absorbents t 
