A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . Breast Pump. mouth of the bottle closely applied over the the bottle cools the nipple is drawn up into theneck of the bottle, and the flow of milk induced. When the breasts are pendulous, handkerchiefbondage of bandages, properly applied, make a good support. Their application is as follows : The base of thehandkerchief, folded as a triangle, should be placedobliquely across the chest and under one breast, Handker-chief MANAGEMENT OF THE LYING-IN. 189 with the apex or summit of the triangle over thecorresponding sh
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . Breast Pump. mouth of the bottle closely applied over the the bottle cools the nipple is drawn up into theneck of the bottle, and the flow of milk induced. When the breasts are pendulous, handkerchiefbondage of bandages, properly applied, make a good support. Their application is as follows : The base of thehandkerchief, folded as a triangle, should be placedobliquely across the chest and under one breast, Handker-chief MANAGEMENT OF THE LYING-IN. 189 with the apex or summit of the triangle over thecorresponding shoulder; one angle is carried overthe opposite shoulder, the other under the axilla,or armpit, of the same side. These ends should be Fig. / 1 Handkerchief Bandage for Breast tied on the back of the shoulder, and the apex ofthe triangle pinned to them.—(Smith.) Should both breasts need support, a similar ban-dage may be applied to the other breast. To pre- 190 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. Modifica-tion ofhandker-chief bandage ofbreast. Straightbandage ofbreast. Double Ybandage. vent the base of one or both of these bandages fromslipping up, the ordinary handkerchief bandage hasbeen modified in the Womans Hospital by theaddition of a belt around the waist, of a strip ofmuslin or ordinary roller bandage, to which the baseof the bandage may be fastened by safety-pins. A simple straight bandage, with a compress tolift the outer, pendulous portion of each breast, issometimes used. Another bandage, which has the advantage ofnot requiring to be removed when the baby nurses,is the double-Y bandage, used in the Boston Lying-in Hospital. The manner of putting it on is thusdescribed by Dr. Worcester : A single T bandageis first made by f
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