The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed / Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

by Frederick Hollick

The following plate represents the structure of the Breast, and explains, as far as it can be explained, the manner in which it performs its functions.

PLATE XII.—a.

a. a. The cut edges of the skin.—b. b. The flaps of the skin thrown back.—c. c. c. The fat which covers the breast.—d. d. The cells of the Mammary gland.—e. e. e. The Tubes or canals, which convey the milk from the Gland to the Nipple.—f. The Nipple, cut down the middle, to show the ends of the milk tubes terminating in it; these are usually about fifteen or eighteen in number.—x. Shows a bunch of the little cells, with the tubes proceeding from them, as they appear when injected.

THE FEMALE BREAST.

Plate XII.—a.

This Plate represents the structure of the Breast, and explains the manner in which it performs its functions.