Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . tightlyas possible, from below upward, when E,E and F,F are pinnedtogether acioss the shoulders, to prevent slipping of the bandage(Fig. 114). This bandage, however admirable in other resi)ects, is dis- 378 PRACTICAL MIDWIFERY. tinctly inferior to that which has been used for many years inthe Boston Lying-in Hospital, in the fact that it subjects the nip-ples to unnecessary and perhaps injurious pressure, and that itmust be removed whenever nursing is permitted or when thebreasts are to be emptied by other means. The Lying-in Hospital bandage (Fig.
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . tightlyas possible, from below upward, when E,E and F,F are pinnedtogether acioss the shoulders, to prevent slipping of the bandage(Fig. 114). This bandage, however admirable in other resi)ects, is dis- 378 PRACTICAL MIDWIFERY. tinctly inferior to that which has been used for many years inthe Boston Lying-in Hospital, in the fact that it subjects the nip-ples to unnecessary and perhaps injurious pressure, and that itmust be removed whenever nursing is permitted or when thebreasts are to be emptied by other means. The Lying-in Hospital bandage (Fig. 115) may be easily ex-temporized by fastening together, in the shape of a T, two stripsof very stout linen cloth; of which that which forms the tail ofthe T should be al:)out four inches broad and sufficiently long toa little more than half encircle the patients chest; while theerosspiece should be nearly double the length, and sufficientlywide to extend from a position an inch below the edge of the pa-tients breasts to the edge of Fig. 115.—Breast Bandage Used in the Boston Lying-in Hospital. This bandage is applied by drawing the tail of the T beneaththe patients back, in such a position that its ends appear at thesides upon a line with the nipples, and with the junction of thetails well external to the edge of the breast on that side. Thelower edge of the lower half of the crossbar should then bedrawn tightly across the chest, care being taken to see that it isbelow the lower edge of the glandular tissue; it is secured by asafety-pin to the free end of the tail piece, and is prevented fromslipping upward by attaching it to the upper edge of the binder,at two points, which should be opposite the most dependentparts of the breasts. The upper edge of the other tail is thendrawn across the chest, entirely above the breasts, is pinned tothe other corner of the free end of the tailpiece, and jjrevented THE PUERPERIUM. 379 from slipping: downward by a piece of cloth, not
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