A NEW DOUBLE BABY.

Kumara Times, Issue 1128, 11 May 1880, Page 3

A NEW DOUBLE BABY.

There is at present in Bombay a Jiving object that tfcay rightly be-classed Amongst the most curious phenomena of nature. At a house in Mazagon may be seen a pair of female twins, Separate in fe'very respect but from the breast bone to the lower part of the 'abdomen, which is closely joined. The tipper breast-bone of each iufant is linked into the other, tbo outer skin covering both trunks. The twins are •joined front to front; shoulders, arms-,. lower limbs, and feet perfectly formed, and development healthy, while the heads are well shaped and the feces really pretty, with beautiful eyes, large "and bright. Tho twins are six months and 20 days old, are in perfect health, and measure 20 inches in height, one appearing—but in a very trifling decree—larger than the other. Both have vigorous appetites, and take kindly to the feeding bottle, are extremely lively, and appear good-tempered. The pulses beat in unison, they generally fall asleep "tor keep awake together, and their actions are unusually simultaneous, though Sometimes one would cry while the other was quietly drawing at the mouthpiece of its bottle. The strangely united pair were born at Dapooli, in the Rutnagherry Coilectorate, the father being a Mahommedan and a seafaring man. The mother has besides a pretty little daughter about ten. According to the former's account, lie called in a native doctor at Rutnagherry/ whose opinion was that there was a connection internally between "the abdomens, feo that of whatever sustenance the one took, a portion passed to the other. However that may be, the infants feed separately, each having '*& bottle to itself, and draw vigorously at their nourishment. The same doctor also declared it would be impossible to separate them without extinguishing life. The twins have up to this time never been ill, and to every appearance =are likely to grow up.—Times of India.