I am old enough now to be a "guest-of-honor" at family Thanksgiving
celebrations, and as such, was not tired out from cooking and cleaning up as
in so many past years. So I had energy for my computer recreation last
evening.

I was googling my favorite anatomical quest for research and recreation, and
came across this caption for a histology slide from the website of a
well-know university that shall remain nameless. Obviously, there has been
some sort of lactational influence-professional or personal-on the part of
the writer of the caption, and perhaps s/he doesn't have it nearly so far
wrong as others might think, despite the fact that it is
really artificial-feeding-device thinking projected on to nature's design!

  <Slide 20. Major lactiferous ducts are seen longitudinally to descend
several centimeters before any blue lobules are present. This is indeed
nature's nursing bottle. The area needs to be empty so that the infant can
bite down on the lactiferous ducts while nursing. >

Unfortunately, I can't remember which level of googling I followed the
references for to reach the site, but I wish the histological picture had
been a little more clear. It would make a great visual for a talk!

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, OH USA

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