TEN-OUNCE INFANT
GAINING IN WEIGHT
ALBIA, la.. April <i.
Charles Peter Johnston, born so small that, doctors said he could no'. live, was one week old to-day.
Ho observed the ovont with a now diet—a mixture of condensed milk and water, The mixture replaced mother's milk, but corn syrup and an hour drop of whisky were retained.
The "atom baby"—he weighed little more than 10 ounces when born in the two-roomed home of Mr. and , Mr.-. Henry Johnston—scaled well over a pound to-day. Doctors said every day he survived added to his chances of growing into a normal child. .Seven inches long at birth, he is well past £ the Iff mark now.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19334, 26 May 1937, Page 11
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112TEN-OUNCE INFANT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19334, 26 May 1937, Page 11
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