Word: diligentis
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...children struggled for life in incubators, doctors knew they had a fight ahead. Some 50 sets of quints have been recorded in modern medical history, and of those, only two sets survived infancy: the Dionne sisters of Canada, born in 1934, and the Diligenti quints of Argentina, born in 1943. All five Diligentis are still alive, but one of the Dionnes, Emily, died in 1954. Like all other "preemies," the Fischer and Prieto quints could be prone to respiratory troubles, nutritional difficulties and general infection. The odds may be against both sets, but last week odds did not seem...