Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — IS LITTLEST BABY OF ALL [ARTICLE]

IS LITTLEST BABY OF ALL

Champion Lightweight Babe of Medical History Is Born In New York. New York. —The champion lightweight baby of the entire history of medical practice, according to New York physicians, is being carefully guarded in an Incubator at the LyingIn hospital, Second avenpe and Seventeenth street, for fear the faint spark of life it possesses may expire at any moment Nevertheless, its chance for existence seems favorable. It weighs only twenty ounces. It owes its present nold on life to Dr. Charles H. Goldsmith of 1910 Lexington avenue, who, first believing the little girl, born prematurely, had come into the world .dead, later noticed a slight twitch of one, of the eyelids. He then revived the infant by breathing into its) mouth. Mrs. Mary O’Connor of 2596 Eighth avenue is the mother of the child, and at the time of its birth was suffering with whooping cough. After Dr. Goldsmith had been hurriedly summoned to the O’Connor home he told the parents, after careful examination, that the baby was dead. The physician was astonished at the diminutive size of the intent An eight-pound baby is not considered a large one, yet this little newcomer was only one-sixth the weight of an eight-pound baby. As it lay on soft material arranged on a table, the father, hearing the doctor’s verdict, started out to find an undertaker. A few minutes afterwards the physician noticed a slight movement of an eyelid. The father returned a few minutes later, having arranged for the burial, to find the physician working to revive the child, though the appliances usually used in such cases were lacking and there was no time to send for them.