asts , ▁to ▁promote ▁la ct ation , ▁to ▁hard en ▁the ▁ni pp les ▁before ▁a ▁baby ▁is ▁born , ▁to ▁prevent ▁conception , ▁and ▁so ▁on . ▁▁ ▁English ▁and ▁German ▁phys icians ▁between ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁centuries ▁recommended ▁using ▁pu pp ies ▁to ▁" draw " ▁the ▁mother ' s ▁bre asts , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 9 ▁the ▁German ▁Friedrich ▁Benjamin ▁O si ander ▁reported ▁that ▁in ▁Gött ingen ▁women ▁su ck led ▁young ▁dogs ▁to ▁dis l odge ▁nod ules ▁from ▁their ▁bre asts . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁practice ▁being ▁used ▁for ▁health ▁reasons ▁comes ▁from ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁England . ▁When ▁the ▁writer ▁Mary ▁W oll stone craft ▁was ▁dying ▁of ▁pu er per al ▁fe ver ▁following ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁her ▁second ▁daughter , ▁the ▁doctor ▁ordered ▁that ▁pu pp ies ▁be ▁applied ▁to ▁her ▁bre asts ▁to ▁draw ▁off ▁the ▁milk , ▁possibly ▁with ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁helping ▁her ▁w omb ▁to ▁contract ▁to ▁exp el ▁the ▁inf ected ▁pla cent a ▁that ▁was ▁slowly ▁poison ing ▁her . ▁▁ ▁Anim als ▁have ▁widely ▁been ▁used ▁to ▁t ough en ▁the ▁ni pp les ▁and ▁maintain ▁the ▁mother ' s ▁milk ▁supply . ▁In ▁Pers ia ▁and ▁Turkey ▁pu pp ies ▁were ▁used ▁for ▁this ▁purpose . ▁The ▁same ▁method ▁was ▁pract ised ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ; ▁William ▁Pot ts ▁De we es