Woman : her diseases and their treatment / by John King.

  • John King
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Woman : her diseases and their treatment / by John King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    and then mix in the other ingredients. A little of this ma^^ be applied to the nipple four or five times a day. 2. Take of Balsams of Tolu, and Peru, and Honey, each, three and a half drachms; Opium, Camphor, each, half a drachm; Alcohol half a pint; mix, and let them stand a week, shaking them we]] every day. Moisten a piece of soft linen with this, and keep it upon the nipple during the intervals of nursing, occa- sionally renewing it. Wash the nipple always with a little Avarm water before allowing the child to suck. It should smart a little, but if this be too severe, the tincture must be diluted with a small amount of water. 3. Eecentl}^, I have found a mixture of equal parts of Sweet-gum and Tallow, to be a supe- rior application in this affection. In cases where, previous to parturition, the skin covering the nipple is found tender and delicate, it should be washed several times a day with a solution of Alum, or of Tannic Acid, or a decoction of Oak bark, Rhatany, or other astringent. By this means the skin is tanned or hardened, and after delivery, is capable of resisting the irritation caused by suck- ling, and the patient is preserved from excoriated and fissured nipples. MAMMITIS, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST. MAMMARY ABSCESS. Inflammation of the Breast, or Ague in the Breast, as it is sometimes popularly called, is an affection frequently met with auiong nursing women, and which may take place at any pe- riod during suckling. It is generally caused by cold, though it may be occasioned by permitting the breasts to become distended with milk, as in sore nipples, or among those moth- ers who remain long at parties, balls, theaters, &c., leaving their infants at home. It may also follow improper pressure on the breasts, mechanical injuries, &c. Symptoms. The first indication is generally a chill, succeed- ed by more or less feverish symptom.s; slight darting pains are felt in the breast, which are more painful when this organ is compressed, and which increase in severity as the disease progresses; in severe cases the pain frequently extends to the