The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-03
TIPTON'S HUMAN WONDER.
THE DOCTORS AND THE DOUBLE sAsY
a Wonderful Freak-Other State News
Drowned at seymour-An Old Legisla-
tor-Tarih Reform-SuicIde of n Far
mer-Minor Items, Etc.

KoKoMo, June SO.-[Special. Since THE
SENTINEL published the ctthat adouble baby
had been born in Upton county there has been
a critical examination made of the freak by sew
eral physicians. 1t is now settled that the
double child, or the Jones girls. as it is called,
has inst as good chance to live apparently as
any baby that ever was born. DIR. ]. c. Thorne,
one of the examining board, says that it is "the
most wonderful freak in the way of a living
malformation that has ever been recorded"
The doctor says further: "The freak represents
a twin birth, each child having entirely separate
and independent organism, and each represent
ing marked deformity, besides the deformity
that excites the wonder and pity of everyone
that sees it-that of being inseparably joined
together. The deformity consists of a detiec-
ton of the lower part of the spine and body,
Z oh toward the left, the DETECTION being suth-
nj to bring the line of the pelvis and lower
tremities to right angle with the body, SO
tnst the legs belonging TO each child respect
lively are the two to the left side of the body.
That this condition is the true one is proven by
tie position OF the outlets of the alimentary
canal the bladder. and generative organs.
TheSS outlets are lwaAsthrOugh the pelvls,
end that they are at the sides of the body IN
proper relation TO the limbs Is sufficient to
prove that this is the line of the pelyis. and
that the spine is not continuous from one head
10 the other. Observing the motions OF one
child, il was seen in fit of restlessness TO
throw its arms and kick with the feet only OF
one side the other child being asleep st the
time and perfectly quiet. The sOles OF the feet
are directed outward, or away from the body,
as are also the textures of the knee joint and
the patella, or knee cap, is on the side OF the
knee toward the body"
DR.. Cooper contributes the following: Sew
eral OF MS physicians, accompanied by our
wives drove 20 the scene of the noted Jones
twin birth. On entering the gate we met Mr..
Jones the grandfather who ushered us into
the bedroom where lay the mother and twins
on one bed. They had just nursed, and one
already fallen to sleep. The other was awake,
kicking its heels in mid-air apparently invit-
ing play as infants much older do. They are
evidently a little subject to preeOeity. Upon
physical examination, first OF the anterior
region, we found apparently one continuous
abdomen with one umbilicus, centrally located.
But closer investigation convinced us that there
existed distinct and separate abdominal and
pelvic viscera. Posteriorly, we found the spinal
column 70 be perfectly normal, terminating IN
q coccyx naturally curved and approximating
is fellow of the opposite side TO an inch and
one-half. Laterally. or upon side, centrally at
tached are the inferior extremities Qegsl Be
tween them and posteriorly are the outlets for
the abdomen and pelvis. The legs are placed
one on each side and not both on one side, as
has been asserted"