The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-29

Prior to the birth of this girl, the
!, mother had borne nine other child
rem, five boys aud four girls, all of
) whom were of ordinary size, and
j exhibited no peculisritjes whatever;
} they are still alive. Mile Christine
Milly at birth weighed thirteen
mounds. and, although the mother
was in the hands Of s negrsss mid
wife. no serious consequences at
tended her accOuchment. Her life
!, for a numb OF years was peculiarly
varied, she having been kidnapped
and carried to Europe, where she
} was finally recovered, a great deal of
money and time having been ex-
pepded in the work. For twenty SIX
wears she has been exhibiting, or
| from the age Of 2 years.
She is unQuestiOnably two persons
as lar as intellectual impulse Is cen
cerned; but with regard to natural
desires she is as certainly one. There
are two heads, four shoulders, four
arms. two bus,s and f0u- legs; while
there IS but oae body and one pely!s
Each head naturally looks in oppo-
site direction. though by desire OF
each t. LOOK forward, sthat can readily
be understood, IN the course OF time
they have grown TO look in side
direction. The union takes place Just
below The shoulder blades, the gpine
Of one running down The back as in
every person until it reaches !hat
point ,HheTe it turns up and forms
1.-The spine Of the other, exactly ike
| the first. Ia other words, the spine
| of both form as near as can ba half
circle; or better, is ike the letter i
Several reports have been published
on this freak Of nature, summary OF
which is here given:
The double-headed girl was intro
duccd by Dr.. William 4. P2ncoas',
the Demonstration Of anatomy at the
college, and a general feeling OF as
ltonishment u as fell when 1t WAS dIs
! covered that, instead of a monstrosity,
I there was exhibited TO the professional!
talent assembled, q well-educated, in
telligent, suick wiLted girl, with
nothing about her that was repulslve
or calculated to offend the most
fastidious, bat which at once stamped
her as a wonder, and a source of
scientific information to those learned
in anatomy.
DR.. Pancoast stalled that the body
had been placed under his profess
siona! care, and owing 70 the impor-
tant questions involved, private ex-
animation had been made By PROBES
gors PanC0ast and Gross. and Drs-
Seyie and AndreRs, which had Verl
! fed all the opinions expressed as 10
| her duality. It vas then stated that
| this remarkable freak OF nature was
united at the lateral posteri0r portion OF
the pelyis. while above that point they
we're separaleG-had separste chests,
Two pairs Of faiiy developed arms, but
only one trunk. The double-headed
possessed separate intellectual tacul-
ties,as entirely distinct as vas the brain
power of two different individuals,
while their faces indicated to o re-
markable degree, intelligence OF a
Thigh order aud amiability. The lower
notion OF the body bad inclined out
gnrds from each SIDE, and the lower
limbs we're inferior, ard not SO iuiiy
IdeveloDed rs the arms. 4 series OF
experiments were then made under
the direction of Professors Panccast,
Alice, Marry and others, calculated
to demonstrate tha construction OF
the nervous system, and which showed
that while above the junction the
lseuse Of feeling was separate aDd dis
tipct in each, below toe union 1t was
common. The pulse OF Aill!le, the
feeb!er of the two, was found to be
about four beats shaver than that OF
! Chrigtv, while the beat OF the two
hearts was nearly the same.
They moved forward Ike an e1'
handel Y, with q Crab-hko move
lmept that was not ungraceiul' Born
hack-tc-back, it was explained that
the natural desire OF each to walk
face forWard had twisted them IN
Ithtir present position. Separate en-
titles. separate indivldushties, eaon
can pursue separate lines OF thought
and conversation independent OF the
.. other. From habit their appettes
: call for food and drink at the same
time. All the ills of flesh are not,
; however. necessarily theirs In com
mon. One may have the stomach
.lacbg and the other be free nom any
I ache. But the examinations cou-
lducted, discovered a remarkable
, Development of sensibinty since eight
: years ago. Touching them on any
y extreme of the body, on any ioot. ioE
. example, both in common were con
:, gcious of the touch. Christie has
i been and is now tue larger and
!, stronger OF the two. As e1l!dreI
= they used to have little struggles and
= ouarrels for supremacy, but as they
: lcould not get away from each other,
thew early concluded that the oes
Il way 10 get along IN their noYe' Ps'i
A through life wss ID yield to eaod other
y Their present happiness and affection
! for each other ls an example loi
:, couples who are yoked together ~
= marital bonds. Sometimes Chrlss''
- rolls over Mile in bed without
~ awakening her. Both can slesi
separately. They can stand anl
walk on their outside legs, bat t1e!
% prefer to walk On all four. Mlii'
p cannot lift up Chtissie's legs, o
J Chrissie lift Miles legs. Since tn
: Hungarian sisters, there has been q
=, similar case reported reaching adul
~ ~ life Tor 10 years. The bond OF unio'
- between these, which is just abo7
i the bones OF the spine is chiefly car
" tilsginous, but the spines are 8
!. closely appropriated that there IA al
osseous union between them. To tn
Question whether either was engaged
=. lto be married. esch denied the sol
!, impeachment with decision. 1t ha
a. been explained that physically Their
- are no serious objections to the nal
= rioee of her or them; but mora
~ there was mest decided one.
.es The features are not at all alike
~ and while they speak always in tn
,ss fret person, as though they we're one
~ nevertheless one Is named Mile an
: the other Christine; but they state
,ps has become so natural for them
81 sneak as being oEe, .l-. < a.
- generally called snd always speak
- Themselves ss Mile Christine. The
SIRE much more than usually INTEL