Show F FREAKS REA K Sand and 0 ODDITIES D D 1 TIE S SI I IN N S SCIENCE C I E NeE NEW NEWS NEWS- S- S The tiny so-called so midget babies weighing U only two pounds or less at birth such as have recently been reported from several cities have a a. avery avery very small chance of surviving Actually these babies are not midgets at all They are normally de developed developed de- de but prematurely born infants The smallest small small- est cst baby reported In the medical literature weighed GOO COO grams STarns or one pound five and a a. fraction ounces at birth At the age of two years jears it weighed grams or neary 33 pounds which Is Ismore Ismore ismore more than the average child of that age weighs 0 H J Whether or not the bookworm who spends U hours with his nose In his book Is injuring his eyes may be determined in the course of ot a study now being undertaken by the National Society for forthe forthe forthe the Prevention of ot Blindness in cooperation with tile the department of education of or Columbia sity The study Is Ls expected to show whether or not there is such a thing as a saturation point beyond beyond be be- yond which the eye suffers surfers no matter how ideal are the factors of ot lighting or good sight I |