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avaricious parents took the children to Paris for exhibition, the
exposures of which soon sacrificed their lives. In the year 1841
there was born in the island of Ceylon, of native parents, a
monstrous child that was soon brought to Columbo, where it lived
only two months. It had two heads and seemed to have duplication
in all its parts except the anus and male generative organs.
Montgomery speaks of a double child born in County Roscommon,
Ireland, on the 24th of July, 1827. It had two heads, two chests
with arms complete, two abdominal and pelvic cavities united end
to end, and four legs, placed two on either side. It had only one
anus, which was situated between the thighs. One of the twins was
dark haired and was baptized Mary, while the other was a blonde
and was named Catherine. These twins felt and acted independently
of each other; they each in succession sucked from the breast or
took milk from the spoon, and used their limbs vigorously. One
vomited without affecting the other, but the feces were
discharged through a common opening.
Goodell speaks of Minna and Minnie Finley, who were born in Ohio
and examined by him. They were fused together in a common
longitudinal axis, having one pelvis, two heads, four legs, and
four arms.
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