Mummified babies of the Karens
Channel: The Overthinkers
Date: 2020-08-20

Some babies are born without organs, muscles, or water. This does not stop Karen mothers from loving them just the same.
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Fetus papyraceus is a rare medical condition, where a fetus is born as a piece of flat, dry, paperlike thing. While it is usually treated as a tragedy, the Karens, an ethnic group in Southeast Asia, treated them as living babies, as reported in a 1999 medical report.

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📚 Main references:
◦ ‘Fate of Fertilized Human Oocytes’, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 21.6 (2010), 732–41
◦ Fetus Papyraceus: A Rare Case Report’, Journal of Patan Academy of Health Sciences, 7.1 (2020), 113–116
◦ McGready, Rose, ‘Meet My Uncle’, The Lancet, 353.9150 (1999), 414

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◦ A Recurring Nightmare - Thorinair - https://thorinair.bandcamp.com/track/a-recurring-nightmare
◦ CO.AG - Alone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySbz576HzVo
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