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Altliounh his niasclcs were so undeveloped that he was unable to liold his head up, this thirty- 

 days-old babe was able to hang bv his hands for more than one minute, and repeated the per- 

 formance as often as the stick was' put in his hands. This ability seems to be present at birth, 

 but to decrease after the age of one month is reached. 'J'he thighs arc bent at right angles 

 to the body and the soles of the feet are ai)proximated so that the entire attitude is more 

 simian than human. This ability probably points to the old time arboreal life when the 

 infant was forced to cling to its mother so that the latter might have her hands free. 1 "oto- 

 graph of a color d babe by John Howard Paine, through the courtesy of Hr. rnce Hearst 

 and Dr. Simeon Carson of Freedmans' Hospital. (Frontisi)iece.) 



