Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1935 — Page 21

OCT. 17, 1935

QUINS PAST SECOND SUMMER, DREAD PERIOD OF INFANCY

In fun, merry Lmilie evidently is saying "ah!” The amusement Dr. | iafoe derives from his spirited little charges well repays him for the ! worrisome months he spent “bringing them through.”

Bringing to readers of The Times the latent new* from thp quintulet front, Laura l.ou Brookman, NEA Service staff , eorrpspondent, has written a serips of fasrinating stories, of which this is the third. BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN (Copyright. 1935. nea Service. Inc.) C CALLANDER, Ontario, Oct. 17. J —"lt’s the second summer— ’’ Mothers, fathers, doctors the world over know the old saying that the second summer is the danger hurdle in a baby’s life. And so A. R. Dafoe, the country physician who won the plaudits of the world for his magnificent battle in saving the lives of the Dionne quintuplets, has reason these October days to feel a measure of relief that he has not known before. Tiie Dionne quintuplets, at the end of their second summer, are five pictures of health. They are today, actually, in health and general development, ahead of normally born babies of their own age. Dr. Dafoe points to sturdy Yvonne, standing in the hospital nursery 'clad only in the conventional garment of babyhood), and reminds you that the sisters were once far from their present state of cherubic near-perfection. Yvonne, unconscious that she is an object lesson, throws her arms forward, balances cautiously, then slowly puts one foot before the other and makes her way to the doctor. He catches her, raises her in his arms, and she squeals with glee. Yet this little girl, 16 months ago, was a premature baby, weigning little more than two pounds, with a very slim chance of living. tt tt tt Riddles Old Theory ••''p'HE best service the quin1. tuplets can render,” Dr. Dafoe says, "is to show’ how babies, brought up away from infection and properly isolated, can achieve health. Too many people have the idea that children must have colds, chickenpox and other diseases and might as well have them young. "They say these things come easier when small. This is not true. If babies can be kept healthy all the time they build up resistance for adult life and will be better able to withstand disease attacks.” Dr. Dafoe believes the care being given the quintuplets demonstrates what any parents can do to improve the health and wellbeing of their children. Within a short time the quintuplets will be given anti-diph-theria toxoid. This, the doctor explains, is necessary for all children,

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A mighty personable young woman is sturdy Yvonne, pace-sette of the Dionne brood. Standing on her own two feet, she purses he lips—for a kiss, perhaps, from proudly smiling Dr. Dafoe.

and the younger they are when inoculated, the less reaction takes place. Later the babies will be inoculated against smallpox. But they will keep their tonsils unless developments, now unforeseen, occur. "We are trying to keep these children free from colds and throat infections,” says Dr. Dafoe. “If we can do this, why should we take out their tonsils?” tt tt tt Profession Rallies to Aid r T''HE whole program mapped for the quintuplets has been, and will continue to be, to keep them free from infection. Since the day of their birth, these famous infants have had the entire medical profession lined up stanchly in their support. The babies were only 24 hours old when Chicago physicians arranged to send them daily consignments of mothers’ milk. Incubators came next, and the Red Cross sent nurses. Then Dr. William Dafoe, broth-

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As yet Marie hasn’t a very extensive vocabulary, but that glance reveals, better than words, the boundless trust and affection she and her sisters have for kindly Dr, Dafoe.

er of Dr. A. R. Dafoe and member of the University of Toronto staff, sent the oxygen-carbon dioxide apparatus invented by Prof. Yandell Henderson, which caused the quintuplets really to use their lungs for the first time. Before this none of the babies had breathed with more than a portion of her lungs. Dr. Alan Brown, world-re-nowned child specialist and chief physician of the Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto, placed the full resources of the institution at Dr. Dafoe's disposal. This hospital also sent mothers’ milk to the quintuplets.

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Approve Dafoe's System TAR. BROWN, once last April, drove all night to reach Callander and examine the infants, approving their medical treatment. Dr. Thomas S. Cullen, dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, also offered his assistance and called in Dr. Howard Kelly and Dr. Edmund Kelly of Baltimore to give radium treatments to little Marie for the tumor on her leg. Dr. Edmund Kelly followed this with later treatments which rendered the tumor harmless. All these specialists confirmed the treatment Dr. Dafoe had been prescribing for his charges. The esteem in which the north woods country doctor is held by his profession was shown when the Academy of Medicine of Toronto made him an honorary member (of which there are only 13 in all Canada), and the Canadian Medical Association, at a joint meeting with the American Medical Asociation, also made him an honorary life member. Later came the “O. B. E.” —the Order of the British Empire—conferred upon the doctor by King George of England. Presentation of the insignia of the order was made by the governor-gen-eral, Lord Bessborough, in Ottawa last month. tt tt tt Attraction for Tourists NEXT to the amazing babies themselves, Dr. Dafoe is a major tourist attraction in Callander. Those stories you may have heard about strangers calling on him, pretending illness and asking for his professional services to talk to him, are true. One man who had tried unsuccessfully to buy the doctor’s autograph returned pleading he needed a tooth pulled. Dr. Dafoe pulled the tooth (yes, pulling teeth is part of a country doctor's practice) and named a modest fee, The stranger paid the sum, asked for a receipt, and departed, brandishing the bit of paper triumphantly. He had that signature! Os those who call merely from curiosity. Dr. Dafoe disposes summarily. "I tell ’em to drink plenty of cold water and take a dose of castor oil,” he says, eyes twinkling.

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Each of the quintuplets has her own way of entertaining Dr. Dafoe during his daily visits. Here Cecile, the picture of baby health, treats her benefactor to a bit of "pat-a-cake.”

Stores you may have heard that Dr. Dafoe is going to Hollywood to supervise or appear in a motion picture emphatically are not true. "How could I get away?” he asks. “I’ve got all I can do here.” Besides, he doesn't think much of movies. He's seen a couple of them, found them boring, and can’t be persuaded to see more. a tt tt Things You Don't Know THOUGH you’ve seen Dr. Dafoe in photographs and news reels and heard him speak on the radio, here are some things you may not know about him:

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He once sold maps and stereopticon slides to help pay his college expenses. He knows all about roughing it; used to be a mine doctor in the northern regions of Ontario and Manitoba. He plays the organ—when he’s sure no one is listening. Bought his organ for company in the days when he was a bachelor. He likes the radio, particularly new’s broadcasts, symphony concerts, old-fashioned hymns, Amos ’n’ Andy, and European programs. He likes detective stories, often rereads "Arabian Nights,” "Tom Sawyer” and Dickens’ novels.

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Like her sisters, Annette, pictured here in her "Sunday best." ir brimming over with health and charm. And is Dr. Dafoe happy! The babies, you know, have passed that dreaded "second summer.”

He is proud of his collections of , pipes and autographed books. His dog (he always owns one) is always named "Teddy.” a a .t Accent on First Syllable j HIS name is pronounced DAfoe with the accent on the first syllable. Though his first name is Allan, those who know him well call him Roy. His great - great - grandfather lived to be 103. His son William, 18, now in his I first year at Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario, is going to j be an engineer instead of a doctor. 1

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Nowadays, standing in the barn back of Dr. Dafoe's red brick house in Callander is a bulky, wooden crate, ready for shipping. The crate contains one of the incubators which played such an important part in keeping the five little Dionnes alive. The incubator is there, waiting to be sent wherever it may be needed for other premature babies, born "in the bush." For not one other baby is to face the desperate struggle for existence which the five little Dionnes faced—not if Dr. Dafoe can help it.

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