This creature
lived to manhood and both heads were utilized in alimentation.
Bartholinus details a history of an individual named
Lazarus-Joannes Baptista Colloredo, born in Genoa in 1617, who
exhibited himself all over Europe. From his epigastrium hung an
imperfectly developed twin that had one thigh, hands, body, arms,
and a well-formed head covered with hair, which in the normal
position hung lowest. There were signs of independent existence
in the parasite, movements of respiration, etc., but its eyes
were closed, and, although saliva constantly dribbled from its
open mouth, nothing was ever ingested. The genitals were
imperfect and the arms ended in badly formed hands. Bartholinus
examined this monster at twenty-two, and has given the best
report, although while in Scotland in 1642 he was again examined,
and accredited with being married and the father of several
children who were fully and admirably developed. Moreau quotes a
case of an infant similar in conformation to the foregoing
monster, who was born in Switzerland in 1764, and whose
supernumerary parts were amputated by means of a ligature.
Winslow reported before the Academie Royale des Sciences the
history of a girl of twelve who died at the Hotel-Dieu in 1733.
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