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Services and Cures. Each patient arriving at Memorial is routed into one of eleven highly specialized departments, each with its own staff. Largest number find their way into the Head & Neck Service, next largest go into the Breast Service. Others: Gynecological (womb cancers, etc.), Gastric (stomach), Genitourinary, Bone and Medical (the leukemias and lymphatic cancers). Best cure records (between 60 and 70%) run in lip, skin, womb and breast cancers. Worst (under 10%) are in prostate gland and the leukemias...
...small, trim, exuberantly vivacious blonde in her forties. She claims to have lifted many faces, corrected many double chins, eye pouches, rolls of body fat. But her specialty is the woman with a "bust problem." She has now collected much of her experience in a book, The Breast Beautiful (Field; $2.50). Few doctors will consider it important, but to women its subject is of perennial interest...
...LaRoe believes the reason why breasts sag is inherent in the manner of their attachment to the chest. The breast is a separate organ, attached to the fan-shaped pectoral muscle by connective tissue. If this tissue is naturally weak, or is weakened by maltreatment, the breast will sag. Harsh confinement hampers the circulation, and so the tissue weakens because of inadequate nourishment from the blood...
...LaRoe declares that breast-feeding benefits mother as well as child. The gland tissue is healthier for doing its natural duty. If the baby is not nursed, the milk supply is troublesome to dry up; but if it is nursed, gradual weaning allows the milk to dwindle naturally. Moreover, breast-feeding stimulates contractions of the womb, which help it to return to its normal size and condition...
Surgical correction of bosom sag involves lifting the breast, reattaching it firmly to the pectoral muscle by means of absorbable sutures, transplanting the nipple and areola (pigmented circle) to their esthetically proper site on the new formation. The incision leaves an inconspicuous scar, and since it is made downward from the new nipple site, the breasts are completely unmarked above the nipples. If the breast is "hypertrophic" (over-developed), superfluous tissue is removed in a wedge-shaped segment. If it is "atrophic" (under-developed), an uplifting and reshaping job alone often restores a satisfactory contour; if not, fatty tissue lifted...