The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-10-27
The siamese twins OutdOne.
DELAWARE, October II.

Our community is much excited
over freak of nature in the prOduc-
tion of a double baby. The Siamese
Twins are completely OvershadOwed
by this infant wonder. There is living
in Peru Township, Morrow County, a
family named Finley. Up to last
Wednesday morning it consisted of
Mr.. Joseph Finley, his wife Mary,
and two children, little girls, aged
three and five years. On that morn
ing Mrs. Finley was confined and gave
birth to twins, Joined together in q
manner unknown to the books
NEhen the gossips brought the news of
the event to our city, and gave a de-
scriptiOn of the child, or rather chill
dren, it was laughed at by the prOfes-
siOnal, and pronounced a good hoax.
A gentleman living in the vicinity of
the Finley home called on one of our
physicians and assured him that there
was no exaggeratiOn in the descrip-
ton, as he had seen the wonder. Con-
WINGED that there was something in
the case, a party of gentlemen, con-
sisting of DTs. j. A. Little and T. 3.
Williams, w. o. Seamens, Professor
of Natural History and Chemistry in
the Ohio Wesleyan University, and
S. K. Donavin, on the 10Th inst, Wis
tied the family. Before reaching the
Finley farm the party called on DIR.
A. f. WestbToOk, of Ashley, who mad
been called to attend the mother, and
learned from him that half had not
panied the party. An hours drive
brought them to the place. On going
to the gate leadingtO the yard, a writ
ten notice was discovered announcing
that visitors would not be admitted
This did not deter the party. They
Immediately entered the yard, and on
reaching the front door of the dwell
ing, they were met by Mr.. Finley lthe
father and a gentlemen who appear
ed to be acting as his aid-de-camp,
who informed the party that they
could be admitted to see the show on
the payment of twenty-five cents
each. The Professor promptly fOrked
over, and the party stepped in. In a
few minutes the nurse made her ap-
pearance with tine wonder. A double
child was exhibited. Two perfectly
formed heads, oneOn either end of the
spinal column.
To give a clear idea of it, Just sup
pose that you sever the bodies of two
men at the lower part of theabdOmen
and then put the two upper parts to-
pether, and you have the trunk of
this child. At the instance of Drs.
Williams and Little, the clothing was
taken from it, and a critical examina-
ton was made, so far as could be,
without doing injury. From the oc-
ciput of one child to the Occu-
Dit of the other, there is a cOntinu-
Gus spine, in a direct line. Upon one
side, and directly in the center of the
trunk, We're perfectly developed hips,
thighs, legs and feet. They are in
proportion to the body of either child.
On the opposite side there is one
large, imperfectIy formed leg, present
ING the appearance of the cOnsOlida-
ton of two legs. There are eight
toes on this limb, two of which have
the appearance of great toes, being
much larger than the Others. Each
one of them has a well formed head,
good features, good chest, coed arms
and hands, lung, heart, liver and
stomach. Between the perfectly
formed limbs, and properly situated,
are the anus and sexual organ, in
common. The lower portion of the
bowels, the bladder, and perhaps the
kidneys, are in common. All the
other organs are separate.
There was but one umOilical cord
and one placenta. The length of the
hody is twenty inches, and the UNI
bilious is central il the abdomen, and
eoui-distant from each head. It nur-
Sos well at both ends, and, when first
exhibited to the party, one child was
asleep and the other was crying.
While the physicians were making
their examination, both cried, but, a
few minutes after, the one which was
CRYING first went to sleep, while the
other remained awake. When either
head would cry, the perfect leg which
was nearest to that head kicked and
drew up, while the leg nearest the
other head remained qniet. When
either cried, the toes on the imperfect
foot would move, but the limb re-
mained stationary. Both heads
nurse well. and the child, or rather
children, are in excellent health.
The physicians could see no reason
why it, or they, should not live. The
mother is doing well. There was no
physician present at the birth, and
the labor pains lasted only fifteen
minutes.
Mr.. Finley is alive to the impor-
tance and value of this addition to his
family. He is now charging gate
money, and he informed the writer
that he had already entered into an
article of agreement with a gentle
man for the sale of the body, if it
should die. Price fixed is $4,000.
Negotiations are in progress for its
exhibition ifit lives. He is cOnvin-
ced that there is money in it, dead or
alive, but thinks there is most in the
latter condition. He says that he is
conscious of the fact that lie sis an
uhlearned man, but has sense enough
not to be fooled out of it."