A textbook of obstetrics . it has beenthe custom for centuries to nourish the children artificially, themammary glands no longer secrete milk. In Munich, of thewomen who did not nurse their infants, fifty-eight per cent, weresaid to be physically unable to do so. Of the women whonursed their children, seventy per cent, had to resort to mixedfeeding. In other parts of Germany, on the contrary, notablyin Silesia, where the custom of suckling children has been care- 1 Penrose, M. and S. Rep., 18S9, 326. 2 Sinety, Traite tie Gynec, p. 955. 3 John Hunters Notes, quoted by Barnes; Humboldt, Rei>e
A textbook of obstetrics . it has beenthe custom for centuries to nourish the children artificially, themammary glands no longer secrete milk. In Munich, of thewomen who did not nurse their infants, fifty-eight per cent, weresaid to be physically unable to do so. Of the women whonursed their children, seventy per cent, had to resort to mixedfeeding. In other parts of Germany, on the contrary, notablyin Silesia, where the custom of suckling children has been care- 1 Penrose, M. and S. Rep., 18S9, 326. 2 Sinety, Traite tie Gynec, p. 955. 3 John Hunters Notes, quoted by Barnes; Humboldt, Rei>e in die ^Equi-noctiale Gegenden des neuen Continents, Bd. ii, S. 40. 4 IVber die InactivitiUsatrophie der weiblichen Brustdriisen, Virchows Archiv, Bd. cxi, p. 318, 646 PATHOLOGY OF THE PUERPERIUM. fully preserved for many generations, it is rare to find motherswith an insufficient supply of milk. The ability of the breast to furnish milk does not necessarilydepend upon its size, for in some eases a large organ is made up. Fig. 474.—Mammary gland of a nullipara (from Silesia). X 32°- chiefly of connective tissue, while in another apparently ill-devel-oped the gland-tissue is abundant and the milk-supply pregnancy the glandular structure of the breasts takeson an active growth and development, while the connective tissuedecreases to a marked degree. If lactation is not practised, o #$. ^_ «tf39H£5v£r* ^\m$
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