The preventive treatment consists in relieving the breasts as soon as they are filled in; in keeping the patient warm; and in a good diet.
In still-births and cases where it is necessary to get rid of the milk, attention should be directed primarily to the application of perfect rest, with a certain amount of pressure. A large soft handkerchief placed round the neck and under the breast, with another reversed and passing over the breast around the body, a cotton-wool pad being interposed, will secure efficient pressure. The shoulders should be raised and the arms kept still; the upper part of the chest only lightly covered. Friction, or drawing of the breasts, should be eschewed. A Moderate diet, and abstinence from fluids for a few days, combined with the above measures, may be regarded as a sure preventive of Abscess.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ETC. PHYSICIAN TO THE READING AND BERKSHIRE HOMOEOPATHIC DISPENSARY.
Author of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Health,"
"Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment". Editor of "The Homoeopathic World."