Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›The five surviving sextuplets of Mrs. Sheila Ann Thorns are watched by nurses in special cure unit of Birmingham Maternity Hospital 10/2. The mother had been taking fertility drugs in hopes of having a baby after 10 years of childless marriage.
The five surviving sextuplets of Mrs. Sheila Ann Thorns are watched by nurses in special cure unit of Birmingham Maternity Hospital 10/2. The mother had been taking fertility drugs in hopes of having a baby after 10 years of childless marriage.
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The five surviving sextuplets of Mrs. Sheila Ann Thorns are watched by nurses in special cure unit of Birmingham Maternity Hospital 10/2. The mother had been taking fertility drugs in hopes of having a baby after 10 years of childless marriage.

United Press International · [ca. October 1968]

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