Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . ve oil during the process of massage, which is to be donetwice daily, is advised. It is surprising how an almost hopelessappearing nipple will in a comparatively short time assume thecharacteristics of a normal one. The application of alcoholand astringent lotions is to be condemned. A nipple caredfor with these agents will become large, hard, and inelastic, 228 FRANCIS REDER. presenting deep corrugations, which will impede the healingof any excoriation or fissure should such a lesion occur. Thepain
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . ve oil during the process of massage, which is to be donetwice daily, is advised. It is surprising how an almost hopelessappearing nipple will in a comparatively short time assume thecharacteristics of a normal one. The application of alcoholand astringent lotions is to be condemned. A nipple caredfor with these agents will become large, hard, and inelastic, 228 FRANCIS REDER. presenting deep corrugations, which will impede the healingof any excoriation or fissure should such a lesion occur. Thepain accompanying such a lesion brings many hours of sufferingto the mother. A nipple prepared by the method of systematic massagewill usually withstand the strain of the nursing period withoutmishap. Its care after the child has commenced to sucklerenders itself into one of simple cleanliness. Thorough ablutionsafter each nursing to free it from any accumulated secretionsand the liberal dusting with boracic acid, which is washed offwhen the child is put to the breast, is all that is Fig. 4.—Massage of breasts. Position of hands. Side view This regime, however, must be diligently adherred to. The careof the breast is as important as that of the nipple. Its anatomicalstructure gives evidence of how readily this organ is amenableto culture if only instituted properly and at the right breast of a healthy girl that does not show developmentconforming to the incentive given by puberty should, afteran elapse of three years, be subjected to the stimulating influencesof a systematic massage. This massage is to be continued untila normal equipoise has been attained. By developing thebreast at this stage of womanhood many of the obstacles per-taining to a normal motherhood may be overcome. BREASTS OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER. 229 The massage in reality is an exercise most simple in placing a breast in the palm of each hand and locking thefingers across the ches
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