Advice to a wife on the management of her own health and on the treatment of some of the complaints incidental to pregnancy, labour, and suckling : with an introductory chapter especially addressed to a young wife / by Pye Henry Chavasse.

  • Pye Henry Chavasse
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1866
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Credit: Advice to a wife on the management of her own health and on the treatment of some of the complaints incidental to pregnancy, labour, and suckling : with an introductory chapter especially addressed to a young wife / by Pye Henry Chavasse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    111. A third symptom is—shooting, throbbing, and lancinating pains, and enlargement of the Ireasts, with soreness of the nipples, occurring about the second month; and, in some instances, after the first few months, a small quantity of watery fluid, or a little- milk, may be squeezed out of them.—This latter- symptom, in a first pregnancy, is valuable, and can generally be relied on as conclusive—that the female is pregnant. —It is not so valuable in an after preg- nancy, as a little milk may remain in the breast for some time after she has weaned the child even should she not be pregnant. 112. The veins of the breast look more blue, and are, consequently, more eonsjuicuous than usual— giving the bosom a mottled appearance. —The en- largement of the veins is a very important sign, esj)e- cially when the enlargement is considerable, and above all when the veins traverse the areola [the dark-brown mark around the nipple] ; as far as I have at present noticed venous branches traversing the areola are characteristic of pregnancy.''*—The breasts are firm, and are more knotty to the touch.-— The nipples, in the majority of cases, look more healthy than customary, and are somewhat elevated and enlarged: there is generally a slight moisture upon their surface, sufficient, in some instances, to mark the linen. * From an excellent little work on Tlie Mammary Signs of Pregnancy. By Dr. Ertrle. of Birmingham.
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