The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-05-13
singular Monstrosity.

! The Philadelphia correspondent Of the New
York Tri5aae, under date Of 4 PriI "a has the
following
"A child, seven months old, was recently
Brought 10 the Jefferson College Hospital from
the western part OF th- state, having append
rd TO IFS lett cheek large mass of flesh, some
wilat resembling a tumor. ThlS mass grew
more rapidly than The child ils~iL At birth il
was no larger than an apple but when brought
Afrss last qaonth ltrl R7ariA
divilrd into several glo5nlar masses, white pot
sation was distinctly Percrptible, regular and
uninterrupted, lrom forty to a hundred brats
per minute. 1t was lraversed by 4 large ar;,-
ry, showing that il was largely supplied with
blood The tumor was connected 10 the Cbilds
cheek by prcnllar caul-Iike membrane, pier
crd with hoIrs and It's presence was source
Of constant irritation to the child, though sup
ported bv the mothers hand How to leraoyr
ihts large tum0P without drStroyrng the lie OF
The child VAS great surgical problem. The
! parents, warned Of the danger, were vet ex-
treurly anxious to have the frighifnl parasites
/ taken off. Dr.. Pancoast, under whose charge
/ the patient had been placed, decided that the
u5e Of the knife would result in 4 fatal hefnorr-
hags, and determined TO divide the caul-IiRr
membrane by using French surgical lnStru-
nent, the syaSeVr, which. by forcing down the
skin, and brulSng the vesSris thoroughly b fore
| the chain OF the instrument cuts through thr
ma IS, tifrctually prevents all srrious breeding.
| The operation was performed in presence Of an
! immpnsr assemblage Of rurdical men, students
and others.
The child was placed under lhe influence
Of ether, when all Pulsation in the parasite was
observed to cras-. The instrument bring ap-
! piled, the chain was rapidly worked until tha
! paris were we'll compressed, and afterwards
very slowly IN fifteen minutes :he lumor
! CAM away with the instrument, the chain
| having worked through the connecting mem,
brace, while scarcely Il drop of bln0d followed
! the removal, and but one small v~S>-i required
4 ligalurr. The surface lrfi on the cheek was
| about two inChps square, and the tumnr weigh
4d two and bali pounds. The whole opera
ton was entirely successful, and the child live:
and has fully recovered. But thu eXtraorclna-
~ part remains to BE- told. The tumor thus
! taken of was found to contain living child
inpprrciy developed il is true, but still liv-
ing child. Fingers were seen and potion o
a rudim-ntary arm. The inteslines were wei
Developed, and no doubt was entertained of It's
being male child. A body, presumed to b,
the heart, contained, imp-rftctIy formed, auri-
cirs and ventrceS. The messen,Pric artrrip,
and veins were OF large size. The disseciina
knife came repeatedly in contact with the assr
Gus matter ofa rudimrntary skeleton. Fat wa
found in large quantities everywhere. II was
IN fact, repetition of the Sismese TWINS, only
;sss perfectly developed. These results wrr'
received with profound astanishmcnt By th,
crowded audience who Witnessed the operation
The case is said 10 be unique in the annals o
human maformaiion.