The science and art of nursing the sick / by Aeneas Munro.

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
1873
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    How to When this condition arises from the former cause, restore the there is little or no hope of it being remedied; but, if from the latter, the best results may be attained by taking the following precautions before child-birth:— 1. To 2tse a Nipple-Shield.—ThQ principle on which the shield acts is the main object to be attended to, and not so much the form of the shield. The object of the shield is to cause pressure on the parts around where the nipple should be, there being a hollow into which it may enter when being formed. When the shields are applied over the nipples, they are kept in apposition by the gussets of the corset, which is drawn tightly over them. This treatment should be con- tinued for a good many days, according to the nature and progress of the case. As soon as, but not until, • the nipple is more or less formed, we should have recourse to 2. Suction.—S^xcWon ought never to be attenipted, in the class of cases under consideration, until the former plan has been used, so. that the nipple, at •least, is more or less formed. When it is advanced to this extent, the shields may be dispensed with alto- <Tether, unless the nipples are liable to be irritated by the rubbing of the clothes, or flattened by pressure.