WORLD’S SMALLEST BABY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 42, 12 October 1912, Page 2

WORLD’S SMALLEST BABY.

WEIGHT 11b lloz, HEIGHT 6Jin. American interest to-day is focussed upon the diminutive proportions of Russel Dailey, 12-day-old son of Miami Mrs Charles Dailey, of Philadelphia. His present weight is just lib lloz, and his height 6fin. In all other respects the baby is described as perfectly normal, and, barring accidents, should thrive. Russel was placed in an incubator a few days ago, and will not secure release for several weeks. Bulletins are issued every day regarding his condition, and are reproduced all over the. country. So tiny is this dainty morsel of humanity that an napkin ring may eas'ly be slipped over bis head, and a finger ring of ordinary size may encircle bin limbs. Ho is gaining weight at the rate of 20grs a day, and medical men compute that at the end of the year, if providence spares the mite, ho should weigh at least 21 b lOoz. The mother of the. baby is not yot 16. She weighs loss than 1001 b, and is oft 2in in height. The father is not yet 17, and belongs also to the feather-weight class.