At Naples in 1839 Giuseppa Califani gave birth to 5 children; and about the same time Paddock reported the birth in Franklin County, Pa., of quintuplets.

The Lancet relates an account of the birth of quintuplets, 2 boys and 3 girls, by the wife of a peasant on March 1, 1854.

Moffitt records the birth at Monticello, Ill., of quintuplets.

The woman was thirty-five years of age; examination showed a breech presentation; the second child was born by a foot-presentation, as was the third, but the last was by a head-presentation.

The combined weight was something over 19 pounds, and of the 5, 3 were still-born, and the other 2 died soon after birth.