NEWS BY THE MAIL.
Every one has heard of the human monstrosity, the double baby. Strange as the story was, the sequel is still stranger. A fortnight previous to July 19 one head of the child exhibited signs of illness, but afterwards recovered. Then the other—or other half —was taken sick, and died on July 18. The Bouton Post of the next flay says : —The two portions of the body were so intimately connected that the death" of one rendered that of the other inevitable. The spectacle was equally novel, strange, and unparalleled. Upon one end of the body reposed the head of the dead infant, upon the other that of the live one with its eyes st’ll bright and curious, and its lungs in full breathing order. All that medical aid could accomplish was done, but it was unavailing. The child died in the presence of its parents. The corpse presents the appearance of two infants asleep. Apparently they escaped the ordinary suffering incident to death, for the countenances had the expression of repose.
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2681, 20 September 1871, Page 3
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