MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE SIAMESE TWINS.
Vienna physicians have been examining, with much interest, a three-year-old pair of twins, who are not less a natural curiosity than the Siamese twins were. From the breast-bone down they have but one body; above that they are two wholly separate and complete organisms. They have only two legs and feet, but four arms. The sense of feeling in the two parts is entirely distinct and individual. At the moment of medical inspection, one of the heads looked peevish, and occasionally cried on account of a painful tooth, while the other looked fresh and lively, and shouted “ Mamma.” The inner arras come in conflict, and cause tights between the twins. Though the pair have one body below the breast they do not pet hungry at the same time. The left foot seems to. be connected only with the left head, and the right foot with the right head. One of the feet was pinched, and only the head on that side cried out.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1547, 12 September 1881, Page 2
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169MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE SIAMESE TWINS. Kumara Times, Issue 1547, 12 September 1881, Page 2
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