Barker cites the case of a female child born on the one hundred and fifty-eighth day that weighed 1 pound and was 11 inches long.

It had rudimentary nails, very little hair on the head, its eyelids were closed, and the skin much shriveled; it did not suckle properly, and did not walk until nineteen months old.
Three and a half years after, the child was healthy and thriving, but weighed only 29 1/2 pounds.

At the time of birth it was wrapped up in a box and placed before the fire.

Brouzet speaks of living births of from five to six months' pregnancy, and Kopp speaks of a six months' child which lived four days.

The Ephemerides contains accounts of living premature births.
Newinton describes a pregnancy of five months terminating with the birth of twins, one of whom lived twenty minutes and the other fifteen.
The first was 11 1/2 inches long, and weighed 1 pound 3 1/2 ounces, and the other was 11 inches long, and weighed 1 pound.