Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-15
IS A SECOND FACE
In TIN MOST REMARKABLE FREAKS OF
NATURE
.'slso ArsM, 8 ThrssYsarOld Mexican Pie
nuOr. Boasts Of -Four Eyes Two Mouths and
An Extra Sss Of TsstA-AbandOnsd
BY Der Horihsd Mother.

rw YORK, July 14.-Accounts Of q
remarkable freak Of nature were
u 0ht to New York yesterday by Mex
Il newspapers. The phenomenon con-
+ I 81 little girl who is formed in the
n NJ way except that a second face has
be- fits appearance on one Of her
gas.
The case promises to be one of the
+. 81 notable in the annals Of medical
|epce, and the little girl will probably |
+. eome the object Of negotiations on
81 part Of dime museum proprietors
"a world over. She has already begun !
4. excite great interest and considerable !
...oment in the State of MichOacan, |
IL vico. in which she lives, and she was |
:. Gently removed from CharO, her ma
IA place, to MOrelia. the capital OF
MchOacRn.
liz Voz de Ia, JiiSticid, Of Aguascal-
"a es. the capital of the State OF the
81 ,ne name, which lies q little north OF
n State of MichOacan, in It's issue OF
Ihne % contains the 0Tler out rather
startling paragraph
CAN OPEN ITS EYES.
s,Within the last few days there has
AZ en brought from CharO to MOrelia
latIe girl. Salguero, who has face on
IN right hip. If you compress the
rBeeks of this face it opens It's eyes.
Tbe face has three teeth, but the nose
is missing. Salguero is about five
~ears of age and is the daughter OF
native Of CharO."
a much moro satisfactory account,
..,ipbtly differing in one or two details,
4 Siven in the Daily MensGjerO, OF Vera
frnz the principal newspaper Of that
eity. which takes its account from La
eacetG, OF MichOacan:-
.In the Photographic study OF the
scbool of Arts, OF this city," says the
sditor of La Gdcetd, ''we had the oppor-
unity of seeing with our own eyes that
tow celebrated girl who possesses what
i termed in medical science cOngeni-
talyst and which has resulted in the
formation Of a second face in the region
b the thighs.
4 "The little girl is an innocent crea-
'kure. scarcely three years Of age. Her
fountenance is a sympathetic one and in
Aothlng would lead you to suspect the
fxistence Of that terrible defect In her
S-ysaiEation which among all born
sre.tures, makes her one Of the rarest
beings.
ABANDONED BY ITS MOTHER.
"She is the daughter OF a second mar
Niage and answers to the name OF Es-
+anislao ARCH. She was born in Charo
md a few days after her birth her moth
rr abandoned her on account OF her de-
tormity.
when she had been in the world
about two yeSrs an Inflammation OF the
whole left region Of the thigh set in and
frqlly developed into mOnstr0us cyst.
Then by degrees there appeared rudl-
mentSry eye, then an eyebrow, one
wing Of the nose, curly eyelashes, ana
finally the other brow.
- ..NsyteaRgsa1H6s99 vi97RR ere On F3y lde nS929dr,
. and other details which constitute the
Irudiments OF q human face, with
CHASTITY aspect.
This accumulation Of ugliness In one
.
s that we have ever seen ends in a sort OF
nipple, propabIy rudimentary part OF
some upper or lower limb OF the being
who must have been thus amalgamated
with tho unfortunate EStanislao, who,
4 In view OF her good health and innocent
ways, would seem to be the least likely
TO be visited by so lamentable a misfor-
tune.
THOUGHTS OF A SECOND BAPTISM.
THE good people who have reared
the little one, upon the strange appear
snce Of what seemed TO indicate new
being, sought their bishop, in their guile
les innocence, to learn II new baptism
Nan Necessary.
''r6e cyst Of the little one is about
fifteen centimetreS in circumstance, and
produces on all who look upon 1t the
sngulaS effect Of the monstrouS face OF
l. Pierfot who laughs ScOrnfully at all
VINO confront him"
The discrepancy IN the matter OF the
name OF this unfortunate little girl In
the above descriptions may, perhaps,
Be accounted for on the superstition that
the name Of the child's mother has been
associated with her in the one case Git
is common custom in Mexico for a
child 10 receive her mothers name),
while the name given the girl by the
foster parents who have cared for her
ever since her deSertiOn by her mother
has been used in the other account.
TWO ARMS AND FOUR LEGS.
In view OF the extraordinary nature
Of this case I visited the Mott Memorial
Medical Library, No. Ga Madison ave-
nue.. to learn if there were any records
OF similar phenomena. The librarian
in charge declared that the case Of the
Mexican girl was one OF the most re-
markable ever known. He SAID that ne
had seen no mention of such case as
yet In any medical journal, but added
that it was quite possible to conceive
how such a malfOrmatiOn might arise.
u would be in the nature Of a twin Tor
nation partially developed at the same
time with the little EStaniSlao, and at
length engrafted or embedded In the
body Of the iafaut.
Let me show you the case that we
have here, said the librarian.
In large glass jar, filed with al
cohol and containing, in a well pre-
served condition, two we'll formed
human heads of the normal size OF
new born babe. set upon what appeared
TO be one body, but much larger than
It should have been for single child.
This enlarged body had but two arms
visible, which were perfectly formed
with fingers and thumbs, and Of a size
proportionate to the heads, but there
were four legs-twO pairs-in proper
ton TO the other parts and with well