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Even other more technical reasons could be given to demonstrate the error of the superstition regarding the seventh-month child a conviction endorsed by medical men hundreds of years ago and as yet not discarded by the laity. When pregnancy has reached "term," the child, having completed its prenatal development, is ready to cope with conditions as they exist in the external world.
Nothing is more valuable than the weight in affording an indication as to whether a prematurely born infant may be reared. After this time, the prospect of living becomes greater in proportion to the nearness with which the infant has approached maturity. No truth exists in the widespread belief that the seventh-month child is favored above that born later but before the natural end of pregnancy.
She is a 'seventh-month child, and 'seventh-month children always see things, she says, with a funny little sententious shake of her head.
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