The children were all females and of about the same size,
making a total weight of 8 pounds. The mother rallied quickly and
got on well.
Trustworthy records of sextuplets are, of course, extremely
scarce. There are few catalogued at Washington, and but two
authentic cases are on record in the United States. On December
30, 1831, a woman in Dropin was delivered of 6 daughters, all
living, and only a little smaller than usual in size. The mother
was not quite twenty years old, but was of strong constitution.
The 6 lived long enough to be baptized, but died the evening of
their births. There was a case a of sextuplets in Italy in 1844.
In Maine, June 27, 1847, a woman was delivered of 6 children, 2
surviving and, together with the mother, doing well. In 1885
there was reported the birth of sextuplets in Lorca, Spain, of
which only one survived. At Dallas, Texas, in 1888, Mrs. George
Hirsh of Navarro County gave birth to 6 children, the mother and
the children all doing well. There were 4 boys and 2 girls, and
they were all perfect, well formed, but rather small.
Valsalli gives an instance which is quoted by the Medical News
without giving the authority. Valsalli's account, which differs
slightly from the account in the Medical News, is briefly as
follows: While straining at stool on the one hundred and
fifteenth day of pregnancy the membranes ruptured and a foot
prolapsed, no pain having been felt before the accident.
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