. The Canadian nurse . oston an institution which to-day isknown as the Directory for MothersMilk, Inc. Under the auspices of thisorganization a miniature dairy with allmodern appliances is operated, and herethe method of preserving breast milkby the quick-freezing process was de- 15 16 THE CANADIAN NURSE veloped, between the years 1930 and1932, by Dr. Washington Piatt andDr. H. Schibsted of the Borden Re-search Laboratory, Syracuse, N. process was clinically tested by W. Emerson, of Boston. Up tothe present time, twelve other citieshave developed similar organizations,two of wh
. The Canadian nurse . oston an institution which to-day isknown as the Directory for MothersMilk, Inc. Under the auspices of thisorganization a miniature dairy with allmodern appliances is operated, and herethe method of preserving breast milkby the quick-freezing process was de- 15 16 THE CANADIAN NURSE veloped, between the years 1930 and1932, by Dr. Washington Piatt andDr. H. Schibsted of the Borden Re-search Laboratory, Syracuse, N. process was clinically tested by W. Emerson, of Boston. Up tothe present time, twelve other citieshave developed similar organizations,two of which are in Canada namely theHospital for Sick Children in Toronto,and the Royal Victoria Montreal Ma-ternity Hospital, the latter being de-scribed in this article. A brief period of observation wasfirst spent in Boston at the Directoryfor Mothers Milk where we receiveda most cordial welcome and, on ourreturn to Montreal, we proceeded toadapt the methods employed in Bostonto suit the situation existing in our Watching the Wafers Freeze Four different stages of developmentrequire consideration:(1 ) The collection of the milk. (2) The pooling and homogenizationof the milk. (3) The boiling of the milk for threeminutes. (4) The quick-freezing process. A staff nurse, who is a graduate ofthe course in Public Health Nursing,given at the School of Nursing, McGillUniversity, is responsible for visiting thepatient each day and collecting the this means it is possible to make surethat both mother and baby are in goodcondition. Many of our clients are patients whohave had a surplus of milk while inhospital. They must, of course, be cleanhealthy mothers, free from tuberculosisand having a negative Wasserman nurse makes the first contact be-fore the patient is discharged from hos-pital, and the next day visits the patientin her home, lends her the necessaryequipment and instructs her in the tech-nique of collecting and saving her containers are left d
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