Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . and should be supplemented byshoulder straps, as in the ordinary bandage. 3S0 rKACTICAI. MIDWIFERY. AVhen either of these baiulatijes is l)eing used to exert pressureupon a badly caked l)reast. it should he drawn as tijjchrly as ispossible without seriously embarrassing the patients respiration;its pressure then almost invariably results in the expression ofall the milk which the glands contain, but produces so much dis-comfort that it must usually be loosened at the expiration of afew hours. Its use should, however, be continued, under a lighterten
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . and should be supplemented byshoulder straps, as in the ordinary bandage. 3S0 rKACTICAI. MIDWIFERY. AVhen either of these baiulatijes is l)eing used to exert pressureupon a badly caked l)reast. it should he drawn as tijjchrly as ispossible without seriously embarrassing the patients respiration;its pressure then almost invariably results in the expression ofall the milk which the glands contain, but produces so much dis-comfort that it must usually be loosened at the expiration of afew hours. Its use should, however, be continued, under a lightertension, until the patient has been fi*ee from trouble for somedays. It may also be employed to great advantage for the supportof pendulous or heavy breasts, or for the relief of the engorge-ment which frequently attends the first appearance of the milk;but when used for this i)urpose, it should be much less tightlydrawn. Contractile Collodion.—When the trouble is so serious thatit is thought necessary to dry up the breasts at once, and when.
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