They made a long and most interesting report on the results of
their trip to the College. The arteries, as was anticipated, were
found to have undergone calcareous degeneration. There was an
hepatic connection through the band, and also some interlacing
diaphragmatic fibers therein. There was slight vascular
intercommunication of the livers and independence of the two
peritoneal cavities and the intestines. The band itself was
chiefly a coalescence of the xyphoid cartilages, surrounded by
areolar tissue and skin.
The "Orissa sisters," or Radica-Doddica, shown in Europe in 1893,
were similar to the Siamese twins in conformation. They were born
in Orissa, India, September, 1889, and were the result of the
sixth pregnancy, the other five being normal. They were healthy
girls, four years of age, and apparently perfect in every
respect, except that, from the ensiform cartilage to the
umbilicus, they were united by a band 4 inches long and 2 inches
wide. The children when facing each other could draw their chests
three or four inches apart, and the band was so flexible that
they could sit on either side of the body. Up to the date
mentioned it was not known whether the connecting band contained
viscera.
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