One was weak and puny and the other robust and active;
it is probable that they had but one rectum and one bladder.
Goodell accompanies his description by the mention of several
analogous cases. Ellis speaks of female twins, born in Millville,
Tenn., and exhibited in New York in 1868, who were joined at the
pelves in a longitudinal axis. Between the limbs on either side
were to be seen well-developed female genitals, and the sisters
had been known to urinate from both sides, beginning and ending
at the same time.
Huff details a description of the "Jones twins," born on June 24,
1889, in Tipton County, Indiana, whose spinal columns were in
apposition at the lower end. The labor, of less than two hours'
duration, was completed before the arrival of the physician.
Lying on their mother's back, they could both nurse at the same
time. Both sets of genitals and ani were on the same side of the
line of union, but occupied normal positions with reference to
the legs on either side. Their weight at birth was 12 pounds and
their length 22 inches. Their mother was a medium-sized brunette
of 19, and had one previous child then living at the age of two;
their father was a finely formed man 5 feet 10 inches in height.
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