Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-05-15 | Page 3 | Child, 5, Gives Birth to Baby

Child, 5, Gives Birth to Baby LIMA. Peru. May 15 WPV An Indian In-dian girl said by physicians to be five years old has given birth to a six pound baby at the Lima maternity hospital to the amaze- ment of 60 physician witnesses. The baby, a boy, was delivered In a 35-minute Caesarean operation opera-tion yesterday morning. The infant in-fant was said to be well formed and today both the child and his , mother were reported by the hospital hos-pital to be in excellent condition. The Caesarian wss performed by Dr. Gerardo Lpzada and Dr. Alegandro Busalleu and among the 60 spectators was a commie-a commie-a sion of physicians preparing a report on the amazing case of precocious motherhood. The child mother, Una Medina, was born September 23. 1934, according ac-cording to her parents, and that is the date on her birth certificate. But Dr. Hipolito Larrabure, , chief surgeon and director of the Lima maternity hospital, said the birth certificate apparently waa in error, becauaa Lina atill has her milk teeth and the molars are just emerging th dental status of a child more than five, but under six years of age. Dr. Larrabure believed this calculation cal-culation was mors reliable than the birth certificate, which would make her S years, T months and g weeks old. g After the birth. Dr. Larrabure recounted the history of the case, which had been in medical hands for several weeks. The girl is one of the children of sn Indian farming family living liv-ing near Pisco, a cotton port ' south of Lima. A few weeks ago her mother brought her Into the hospital at Pisco for examination, believing the child had an abdominal tumor. tu-mor. Dr. Lozada, one of the at- tending physicians at yesterday's operation, found her to be pregnant. preg-nant. "Lazada had the surprise of his life when the found Lina was In sn advanced state of pregnancy," Dr. Larrabure aaid. He said It had been Impossible to determine who had asssulted the little girL Dr. Larrabur found Indications, Indica-tions, other than the birth certificate cer-tificate and the girl's teeth, of her ag. -Her features are perfectly childish and her mentality corresponds cor-responds to a youngster of that age." ha said. "She is unsbls to explain what a happened to her. The child is ss shy as most Indian children and talks reluctantly. Even when we presented her a new doll almost, her six she mumbled ber thanks."