Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . FiG. 112.—Second Motion in Massage of the Breasts. cess should be repeated until the whole gland has become softand flaccid, or the operator fears the patient is becoming ex-hausted, or until the tenderness begins to reappear. The wholebreast should then be encompassed by a carefully adjustedpressure bandage, which, to be efficient, must be one of thosedesigned especially for the purpose. THE PUBRPERIUM. 3^ Breast Bandages.—Of the various Ijinders which have beendevised for the purpose, that used in the New York Maternity(Fig. 113) excels in simplic
Practical midwifery; handbook of treatment . FiG. 112.—Second Motion in Massage of the Breasts. cess should be repeated until the whole gland has become softand flaccid, or the operator fears the patient is becoming ex-hausted, or until the tenderness begins to reappear. The wholebreast should then be encompassed by a carefully adjustedpressure bandage, which, to be efficient, must be one of thosedesigned especially for the purpose. THE PUBRPERIUM. 3^ Breast Bandages.—Of the various Ijinders which have beendevised for the purpose, that used in the New York Maternity(Fig. 113) excels in simplicity, and provides adequate compres-sion. It is cut from a piece of stout linen cloth after the pattern t~3;--(l— ^—i«- ^..31^... 4iln Fig. 113. -Pattern of Breast Bandage Used in the New York MaternityHospital. given in the figure, the dotted lines representing the outlines ofthe finished binder; and is applied by placing it under the pa-tient with the line AB lying against her spinal column; thebottom corners, C,C, are then pinned tightly together across herchest, well below the edge of the breasts, which are drawn upwardand inward by the hands of the patient during the remainder o£.
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