The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-02
THE DOUBLE BABY.
Details Of the Wonderful Freak of Ma
ture in Ohio.
pe'aware (ohio) Cor. Cincinnati Commercial

tDe'aWare (OnlOI Cor. Clnciuuati ooiiiileio'"'.l
Our community is much excited over freak
of nature in the production OF dou9ie ,os oa1y
The Siamese Twins are completely oVershadoWeC
by this infant wonder. There Is living IN Pero
| Township, ltorrow County, family nameu Fln
lev. Up to last Wednesday morning IL conslsLeo
OF Mr. Joseph Finley. his wife Mary and Two c9l nI
that morning Mrs. Finley was confined and gave
| birth to twins joined together In manner nm;
known to the books. When the gossips brought
scrIptlons OF the child, or rather children, II
was laughed at by the professional, and pro-
nounced good hoax. A gentleman living
In the vicinity Of the Finley home called on
there was no nxaggeration In the description.
as he had seen the wonder. Convinced tnal
there was something In the case, party
OF gentlemen. consisting Of Drs. :a. a. Little anu
T.B. Williams, w. o. Seamens, Professor OF Natu'
raj History lnd Chemistry in the Ohio Wesleyan
University and S. K. Donayin, on the 10th instant,
visited the family. Before reachlng tne rinley
farm, the party called on Dr.. A. E. Westorook. OF
Ashley who had been called 70 attend the mother,
and learned from him that the hall had not been
told. DR.. Westbrook accompanied the party. An
hours drive brought them TO the place. On gong
to the gate leading to the yard, written notice
not be admitted. This did not deter the party.
They Immediately entered the yard, and on reach.
ing the front door Of the dwelling they were met
by MIR. Finley tthe father and gentleman VINO
formed the party that they could be admitted to
see the chow on the payment Of twenty-five cents
each. The professor promptly forked over, anu
the party stepped IN. In few minutes the nurse
child was exhibited: Two perfectly formed heads'
one on either end OF the spinal column.
To give clear idea Of It. just suppose tnat you
sever the bodies Of TWO men at the lower part OF
the abdomen, and then put the TWO upper parts
together and you have the trunk OF this child.
At the instance OF Drs. Williams and Little, the
clothing was taken from 1t, and critical eX-
animation was made, 30 far as could De WiGnouC
the occlput of the other, there is continuous
spine In direct line. Upon one sldo and directly
In the centre Of the trunk were perfectly developed
hips thighs, legs and feet. They are In nice pro-
portion to the body Of either child. On the oppo-
Site side there Is one large imperfectly formed Leg
presenting the appearance OF the consonuatlOn oi
two legs. There are eight toes on this limb TWO
Of which have the appearance OF gPest Toes S CsIg
formed head, good features, good chest, good
arms and hands, lungs, heart, liver and stom ach.
Between the perfectly formed limbs, and properly
situated, are the anus and sexual organs In conf
mo-. The lower portion Of the bowels, the blad-
der, and perhaps the kidneys, are IN comnon'
All the other organs are separate.
There was but one umbilical cord and one
placenta. The length OF the body Is twenty inch
es. and the umbihcus is central In the abdomen
and eQui. distant from each head. 1t nurses well
at both ends; and when hrst eXhlolted 10 tne
party, one child w0s asleep anu the otner was
crying While the physicians were making their
examinations both cried. but 8 few minutes after
the one which was crying first went to sleep,
while the other remained awake. when eltnef
head. would cry, the perfect leg which was near
est to that head kicked and drew up, while the
leg nearest the other mead remained quiet. When
either cried the toes on the imperfect foot would
move, but the limb remained stationary. Botn
heads nurse well, snd the child, or rather chlld-
rem, are In excellent health. The physicians
could see no reason why 1t, or they, should not
live. The mother Is doing we'll. There was no
physician present. at the blrth, anu the lapor-
pains lasted only fifteen minutes.
Mr. Finley is alive TO the Importance and value
OF this addition TO his family. lie now charging
gate money, and he informed the writer that ne
had already entered into an article OF agreement u
with gentleman for The sale Of the body u ,I II
should die. Price fixed, SIC, ooo NegotaL,onis
are In progress for its exhibition II 1t lives. DE
convinced that there Is money In IT, dead or alive,
but thinks there Is most III tho latter CONDITION.
He SAYS that he Is conscious Of the fact that nc
sis ar unlarned man, hut has sense enough not
to be fooled out Of It,