Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1935 — Page 15

FEB. 14. 1935

SILVER SPOONS SUPPLANT BOTTLES FOR QUINTUPLETS

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Here's the feeding-style which the “quins” are fast outgrowing. Dr. Dafoe gives the bottle to Marie, who is much more • interested in the camera.

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Cmle. too. learns the difficult art of spoon-feeding at the hand of Nurse Mullin. Notice her own bottle and inscribed bowl handy on the table.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS

The chance of such a quintuple birth is only about one in 57,000,000. a a a Medical records show only one quintuplet baby who lived as long as 50 days—this was in Portugal in 1866. a a a Total weight of the five girl babies at birth was less than 10 pounds. Now

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But spoons are something else again. Here's Annette reaching for one of the fine individual silver spoons sent the “quins” by NEA Service, so that each may have her own now that they are beginning to eat in “grown-up style.

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Premier Mitchell Hepburn of the Province of Ontario has taken a personal interest in the “quins.” Here he is with Marie, Emelie, Cecile, Annette and Yvonne. And you’ll notice he, too, wears the prescribed white gown.

their weight is more than 61 pounds. a a a Survival of the mother and all five quintuplets is absolutely unheard-of in reliable medical records. a a a The Dionnes are of Norman descent, from the hardy peasant stock of the northern French coastal province.

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Only 32 cases of quintuplets have been recorded in the last 500 years, and in none of those cases did all five babies live more than an hour. a a a Inhalations of oxygen and carbon dioxide served as a stimulant when the babies seemed to be sinking during the first week.

The hospital built for the quintuplets is the most complete babies’ clinic of its size in the world. nan Corn syrup, rum, and mothers’ milk were the staple articles of diet in the early days of the quintuplets’ survival. ana Three trained nurses, a hospital or-

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Just like a grown-up young lady, Marie eats from- a spoon in the hand of Nurse Leroux and you’ll notice she has her little individual dish, too, marked plainly with her own name.

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Individual feeding adds to the housekeeping difficulties. Nurse Yvonn® Leroux carefully prepares the individual meals for each “quin” in her own bowl.

derly, and a housekeeper are on constant duty in caring for the fast-grow-ing girls. a a a First news of the “north woods miracle” came when an uncle inquired of a local paper what were the rates for inserting a notice of the birth of five babies.

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