The Canadian government and the business associated with the Dionne case are said to have earned about half a million dollars from the girls - money they never received. The hospital periodically published information on the growth and development of children, and images of the five girls always appeared in the newspapers. Between 19, about 3 million people went to see the Dionne girls. At the same time, they were closely supervised by an army of nurses and doctors and constantly subjected to medical tests. The girls were exposed to the public until the age of nine. Photo of the Quintuplets at their first birthday within a Canadian Newspaper/Photo used by a Canadian magazine from 1940 when the girls were only 5 years old Tourists were invited to come to the hospital to see the wonder of the quintuplets, and soon Quintland became the largest tourist attraction in Canada. Although the five babies had no health problems, they were placed in a hospital specially designed for them, which turned out to be more of a place of entertainment for the public. Allan Roy Dafoe with the Dionne Quintuplets in 1934 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Īt the age of four months, the Dionne girls also attracted the attention of the Canadian government, which made the controversial decision to separate them from their parents, claiming that it thus protects them from possible exploitation. Becoming the world’s interest overnight Dr.
But the attention born around them would have tragic consequences. Annette, Cécile, Yvonne, Marie, and Émilie Dionne immediately became famous: it was the first case of quintuplets in which all children survived childhood. 1934, at a time when twin pregnancies were rare in a small Canadian town, a woman gave birth to five daughters.
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