In June, 1896, a baby weighing 1 3/4 pounds was born at the Samaritan Hospital, Philadelphia.
Scott has recorded the birth of a child weighing 2 1/2 pounds, and another 3 1/4 pounds.

In the Chicago Inter-Ocean there is a letter dated June 20, 1874, which says that Mrs.J.B.McCrum of Kalamazoo, Michigan, gave birth to a boy and girl that could be held in the palm of the hand of the nurse.

Their aggregate weight was 3 pounds 4 ounces, one weighing 1 pound 8 ounces, the other 1 pound 12 ounces.

They were less than 8 inches long and perfectly formed; they were not only alive but extremely vivacious.
There is an account of female twins born in 1858 before term.

One weighed 22 1/2 ounces, and over its arm, forearm, and hand one could easily pass a wedding-ring.