When I started out helping mothers a favourite   thing  to suggest to
mothers with damaged nipples was salt soaks followed by   a dab of whatever
cooking oil you had around the place.  I think the explanation was that it
was a v milk  antiseptic,  mothers used salt soaks on tears too to prevent
infection.  In Britain at least there was a spray called rotersept which
again was suposed to  help sore nipples and prevent mastitis -  although
some thought the cold on the nipple of the spray  was what really helped

I don't remember hearing about infected  nipples    then,  perhaps they just
weren't diagnosed.   Does anyone who has been around for a long time know if
the incidence of infected nipples has increased?  Just a thought

As for  getting ill by getting cold,   perhaps the  reasoning behind
thinking that it brings on illness is that if you  are coming down with
something,  and you get  really  cold,  you  are perhaps more likely to
succumb,  specially if  you  are  suboptimaly nourished or inadequately
clothed as many of our forbears were.  People knew that   you got chilblains
from the cold,  as well as cracked painful skin,  and frostbite,   and cold
sores etc,Samuel Pepys suffred agonies with the stone after  drinking  cold
water when it was cold,  and  in fiction Black Beauty was made ill by being
given cold water to drink when  overheated ,  so logical to think that
perhaps you  got other things from cold as well.
Helen Butler LLLL
England

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