THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
Physical Handicaps Overcome (Received 1, 8.45 a.m.) TORONTO, Oct. 30. The Dionne quintuplets have conquered the physical hagdicap of premature birth, according; to a series of reports presented to a conference attended by 200 scientists for the purpose of studying their development. It was revealed that they are slightly subnormal in heiglit, are of average weigkt and above normal mentally. Yvonne ranks as the highest and Marie as the lowest. Linguistically they are all retarded. Physically they are practically idetitical, even their fingerprints differing little.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 32, 1 November 1937, Page 6
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