I'm passing this along for your words of wisdom, ladies.  Please respond
directly to Carolyn, as well as to the list.

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>Hi Kathy,
>With my book off to the publishers, I'm currently working on my master's
>thesis, a study of some 30 medical journal articles 1945-1968 which trace
>the origins of breast implants and the development of justifications,
>diagnoses and standards for surgical reconstruction of breasts.  If my work
>can be of any use to you, I would be glad to share.
>
>I'm contacting you because of an assertion I've found repeatedly in this
>literature that very large breasts (so-called hypermastia or gigantimastia)
>are no good for lactation.  The articles assert that super large breasts
>tend to have atrophied, non-functional glands.  That sounds like baloney to
>me.  Do you know if there is any truth in these statements?


Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University
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