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Title: The anatomy and diseases of the breast ..
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841
Subjects: Breast Breast -- Diseases Surgery
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard
Contributing Library: Univ. of Mass Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Univ. of Mass Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library

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female, which exhibits thechanges in age which I have described :—First, Aduct injected to show how little of it remains pervi-ous. Secondly, Two ducts and their branches filledwith inspissated mucus, containing some carbonateand phosphate of lime. Thirdly, The arteries con-voluted and ossified, as I generally find them in oldage. Plate IX. Arteries and Feins. Fig. 1. Shows the arteries going to the breast and nipple. Fig. 2. The veins returning the blood from the nipple andbreast.The veins on the left pass to the internal mammary; thoseon the right, to the axillary vein. The posterior or axillary branch may be seen to form a cir-cle around the nipple, and a net-work with frequentcommunications upon the surface of the breast. Fig. 3. A lactating breast, the arteries and veins of large size,and somewhat serpentine. The veins returning the blood from the surface of the breastinto the internal mammary and axillary veins, andthey also form a circle around the nipple. I IX Fig. 2 Fig. /
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■-:r^ ad- SlmjLoj^rs LUh Plate X. Arteries and Veins. Fig. 1. The arteries and veins of the breast from their anteriorand posterior sources. 6, The posterior or external mammary artery from the ax-illary thoracica longa, sending branches over theribs and intercostal muscles to the nipple. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, The anterior arteries passing between the car-tilages of the ribs, from the internal mammary. The posterior artery, 6, and the third, fourth, and fifth an-terior may be seen to send branches to the nipple,c, and to the breast. A posterior mammary veinaccompanies the artery, 6. An anterior vein accom-panies an anterior artery, 2, and another vein accom-panying artery 5, enters the chest between the car-tilages of the ribs. The veins form a circle aroundthe nipple, and radiated branches are seen termi-nating in that circle. A vein is also seen ascending over b, the clavicle, andanother vein passing to the subclavian above thefirst rib. a, denotes the sternum, b, the clavicle, c,the nip

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