St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21

The Indianapolis Sentinel IN special
dated Upton, Ind, June 25, gave brief
account of the birth of double headed
baby. which occurred the day before in
that county. Since that time the baby
or babies, have attracted the attention
of physicians, scientists and learned
men throughout the country, and they
have been moved to Upton, where they
continue to attract much curiosity.
Through the courtesy of the editor of
the Upton Advocate we are enabled to
present to the readers of the Seminal an
accurate picture, as we'll as an accurate
account of this wonderful human freak:
On Monday night, June "a, birth was
given to these twins, DR.. Cooper, of
Brownsville. being the attending physi-
clan, and through his skill their lives
were saved, and there is no reason on
earth who they should not live to matur-
ity, as there is no deformity that con-
flicts with the natural organs, or to in
terrupt the natural growth of the babies.
They are female babies, and, as will be
seen in the Illustration, there is but one
body, complete from the armpit of one
baby to the armpits of the other. The
union of the two bodies is formed in the
center. The lower limbs Qegs) are 10
Gated on the side of the body and are
opposite to each other. The legs of each
child are on opposite sides and not on
the same side. as declared by some
Kokomo doctors. The genital organs
are located on the back between the
legs, on either side of the junction of
the two spinal columns, and about
three and half inches apart. There
are two anuses, located about two and
One-half inches apart and on either side
OF the junction of the two spinal col
umns. Each child is supplied with
a heart, a pair of lungs, abdominal Or
gans, in fact the babies are perfect to
where the union is made. 1t is not yet
certain whether the blood assimilateS
from one child to the other or
not. At birth there was but one
umbilicus, and the natural presumption
is that life was sustained to both babies
by one cord, BUTT is possible that there
were two nourishing veins in the one
cord. 1t is certain that the blood does
not circulate in unison, and it does not
seem reasonable that the heart could
perform the double function of dis
charging and receiving blood at the same
instant. The latest conclusion is that
the hearts actions are independent of
each other. Unfortunately the placenta
was net preserved, or this problem could
have been solved. At birth their weight
was twelve and one half pounds, and
measured twenty-five and half inches
long. They are unusually bright and
seem to notice objects around them.
One appears to be little healthier than
the other, though both are as lively as
crickets. The complexion of one is
rather light, while the other is dark.
Both have luxurious growth of hair
and have handsome features. Their
and the bowels and kidneys perform
seen in the illustration, one is asleep,
while the other is wide awake. They
both nurse at the breast and take to the
bottle like trained children. They are
of :. different dispositions, for while
other will cry. Since their
birth we have been looking through
medical journals, and we find nothing
equal to them. The illustrious Siamese
twins we're nothing as mOnStrOSltleS as
compared to these. and physicians pro-
nounce them as the greatest living
wonders known to the medical profess
sion.
The father is about twenty-tour years
of age and the mother nineteen. They
are the parents of little girl now
about two years old. They possess
average intelligence, and there are no
unn atural hereditary influences in the
family. They are Well-tO-dO and hard
working farmers. There is remarka-
BILE longevity in both members OF the
family. The great grandparents on the
mothers side are still living and enjoy
ing good health