DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
NOW) TWO YEARS OLD 1 j The wo'ld'sin'ost famous babies, the ; Dionne quintuplets, celebrated tber I .second Irrthday recently. The uredij cal p'rofe"i-ioi! was amazed to learn | that five baby girls born to Mr. 01 vn | Dionne, .a poor Frerich-Camulkm fari in or. and Alns. Dionne,' in the country j district of Callander, Ontario, had ! survived. I Statistics' show that quintuplets occur once in every 57,030.000 births, and only three oa.-e.i have been recorded in the past 500 years. The Dionne children a"e the first in med’- ! cal history, to survive. | There were already five children | hi the Dionne family when the quintuplets were born. The heaviest of | the tiny babies weighed only 31b. -loz. I at, birth-, and the smallest was a j pound lighter. Under the care of ]>". j A. R. Dafoe, the doctor who attend- ; ed them at birth, and, who has had i ‘them in his care ever since, they S made rapid progress, however.— and j when Itheir first birthday was celej bra ted ft year* ago they were not, a j great deal smaller than normal chik i dren. To prevent exploits,ton and | to assure their welfare the elrildhon wer:i made ibhe wards of the State, ■and a ispecial hospital was built foi them ncai’ their home. AH'. D’oriiie ■ was mado one of the four guardians, but tlicj parents hare* never ceased to p "otesft, 'against the position, and b'a.vr made repeated requests to bo given the sole care of the children.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12877, 2 June 1936, Page 3
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