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 ****************** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, OH USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html