The structure and functions of the female breast, as they relate to its health, derangement, and disease / [Edward William Tuson].

  • Edward William Tuson
Date:
1846
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Credit: The structure and functions of the female breast, as they relate to its health, derangement, and disease / [Edward William Tuson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regularly disseminated over the whole of the areola, forming an irregular circle near its cir- cumference. There are small apertures to be observed around the nipple in the areola, which are the orifices of their excretory ducts: these glands are for the purpose of furnishing an unctuous fluid to defend the nipple and areola around it, preventing excoriation, and to protect the nipple against the saliva of the child. The skin covering the mammary glands is extremely white, fine, smooth, and semi-trans- parent, softer to the touch and less coloured than that of the rest of the body; no wrinkles or folds are to be observed in a healthy state. Beneath the skin there is a large quantity of adipose tissue or fat, which constitutes a con- siderable portion of the bulk of the breast. It defends the glandular structure, but does not enter into, or communicate with the lactiferous ducts. The quantity of fat differs considerably in different women. Women with small breasts will frequently produce more milk in suckling than those whose mamme are of a larger size. This adipose tissue fills up the interstices of the glandular structure of the mamme, and there is more situated in front of it, which serves to
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