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Show STRENGTH OF THE NEW-BORN Muscles of the Forearm Especially Seem to Be Powerful, Says a London Periodical. Tho myth of the Infant Hercules, who strangled two serpents In bis crndlo, may not have been a myth at all, but a fact, says tho London Tele graph Modern science has proved that It Is quite a posslblo feat. The new-born babe Is relative!) much stronger than n full grown man, according ac-cording to the result of medical tests "Tho muscles of tho forearm aro sur prlslngly vigorous A few hmin nfter birth a baby suspended b) Its finger to a stick, or to tho finger of a per son, can hold Itself In tho nlr for ten seconds, and, In the case of pnrtlrti larly strong Infants, for as long as half a minute ,u four dujs old the child's strength has Increased, and the tlmo Is two nnd n half minutes for 9S per cent of babies Tho mnxl mum Is nttalned at a fortnight Few Infants can hang on for more than ono nnd a half minutes, though one exceptional young Hercules remained suspended for two minutes nnd 38 seconds by his right hand After that he still hung on with his left for 15 seconds longer" H Is not stated whose babies were put through these horizontal bar gymnastics at the early nge of from one hour to a fortnight |