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Nipple shield   /nˈɪpəl ʃild/   Listen
Nipple shield

noun
1.
A rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women.





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... begins; to nurse, they should be painted with a mixture of tannin and glycerine. This must be washed off before the baby touches them and renewed when it leaves them. If they are very painful, the doctor will probably order morphia added to the mixture. A rubber nipple shield to be put on at the time of nursing, is a great relief. If the nipples are retracted or drawn inward, they can be drawn out painlessly by filling a pint bottle with boiling water, emptying it and quickly applying ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols


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