In severe and exceptional cases, when the hemorrhage is persistent and long continued, the animal's head should be tied to a high rack or beam and cold water or ice applied, or recourse to styptic injections taken.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
I was well already, on taking the styptic from her dear hands.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
And what styptic for a bleeding heart can equal copious squares of crochet, which are useful for slipping down the moment you touch them?
"Scenes of Clerical Life"
George Eliot