Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-10
A MAN AND A HALF.
ALL h LACKS IS AEOrdEa HEAD 10 Bs
TWINS
The Remarkable 0spdcs Of Dams Nature Vsntsd on
az Eaa Indian-0ui Of Bis Breast Grows a De-
sapisalsd Trunk, With Arms and Legs.
fbs Annex Sensitive to Pain-Hs
holds Medical Reception At the
Metropolitan HO!sl.

NEW YORK, September Cone Of the
most remarkable freaks OF nature ever
seen was on private view in room No.
933, Metropolitan Hotel, yesterday. II
is an East Indian boy with one head
and two bodies, and it is not pleasant
object to look at as q curiosity. his
name is Laloo Ramparsad, and he was
born eighteen years ago in Oovon, 10
the Oudh. When he came into the
room, where several physicians were
waiting, he appeared to be a bright, in
telligent lad, who speaks English freely
after a years ira vel in this country,
more than four feet in height, and as
dark as the usual natives Of India.
The following doctors proceeded, by
invitation, TO examine the boy: DR.. j.
Blake White, DR.. j. L. Morrill,, DR.. G..
ID. Bleything, DR.. Richard II. Buck,
DR.. W. H. Park and Dr. w. G. Thomp-
son, Professor OF Physiology in the
University Of the city of New York.
The boy was found 10 have well-de-
veloped body and another half-0ody,
much smaller, attached to the lower
mart of the breast. IL is what the med
ical men call a case OF arrested twin
development. The small half-bOdy, or
parasitic fptus, is firmly adherent TO
the boy on the lower end of the
sternum, or breast bone, by strong for
nation of both cartilaginOus and Osse-
Gus nature.
This sacral appendage or protusion
has the imperfectly formed body OF a
child with two arms and two legs, the
head and neck apparently disappearing
within the breast of the boy. Young
Ramparsad walks about easily with his
horrible counterfeit presentment. The
arms Of the half body are Informed and
have Only the slightest sensation of
Dulse. The latter is COincident with
the pulse-best in the main body. The
legs and feet Of the "anneX" are devoid
of sensation, but the little body is I'M
mistakably that of a male, and lively
one, too. The freak is on exhibition
only 70 men.
While in a sitting posture the boy APP
pears as if holding his second self on
his lap. He can stretch the little arms
up and about his neck. The attach
ment formation is sufficiently mobile to
allow the free movement Of the parasite,
although the latter has no power Of mo-
ton In Itself. Or. Buck, after trying
for some time to fnd evidence OF pulse
I'm the little RrOJrudinZ arms, said:
There is pareSls developing here. This
boy cannot live long" However, the
doctor was willing 70 modify that state
ment somewhat later on. The boy Is
the perfect picture of health. This
case does not interest a physician very
much" continued the blunt doctor;
"butif the boy would consent to have
the half body removed then we might
learn something" Under the knife
the medical men would think it a great
case.
1t was stated by NJ. D. Fracis that the
lower portion OF the half-body had
grown continually with the growth of
the boy. This man is an East Indian,
too, and is commonly known as the
Doctor" He poses as the boys guar
dian, but 10 leaked out last night that
Young Ramparsad, who is q Hindoo OF
the RajpoOtna race, was stolen when an
infant. Thrice the mOnstrosity was
thrown into the river by women, but
was in each case rescued, and finally
fell into the hands Of FraciS, who has
been showing the freak 10 medical col
leges for three years past. Fracis is
ParSee, and came from the same district
in India from which the well-known
merchant. L. Dadabhoy, halls.
Mr.. Dadabhoy, who has been
IN New York long enough
10 become a naturalized citizen, IS
merchant in Exchange Place. He was
present yesterday as one Of Mr.. FraciS'
guests, and gave that gentleman pref
" good character. Still there is Won
6eriul romance connected with the life
OF this boy that has not yet come out.
Mr.. and Mrs. FraCiS perform strange
religious rites every morning at sunrise
with the boy, and their weird prayers
to Brahma are said 10 be plainly dis
tinguished above the din and clatter OF
the cable construction on Broadway.
The boy has a large assortment of
prayer rugs, but Is inclined TO be liberal
I'm his religious views. Most Hind0os
are not allowed to eat animal food, but,
being a RajpoOt, and the descendant of
one of the reigning dynGSties Of India,
he can partake OF meat and many other
Indiamen. During lull IN the Scient-
lists discussion yesterday LalOO slipped
up 70 the sidebOard, swallowed pretty
still glass of brandy and soda and slip
ped a box of cigarettes into his pocket.
George Gill, of Liverpool, England,
IS manager of the RampaTsad party.
He is authority for the statement that
young LalOo'S mother and father were
strong and healthy. Mrs. Ramparsad
has borne four children, but LGlOo is
the only one deiOrmed. Such freaks Of
nature are not common in India. After
being shown to the medical colleges In
this city for a heavy fee, the boy
will be taken to San Francisco and then
Australia Tor exhibition. 1t is said that
he has never been In 4 dime museum nor
on the lecture platform. The young
fellow has ideas Of his own about getting
married and settling down TO aQuiet life
I'm far away Oudh with . black-eyed ma
tive beauty, and he has about made up
his mind to allow Or. MCDO0ald Brown,
OF Glasgow, to cut him in twain so that
he can be like other men. This opera
zion. however, will be at the peril of his
life. and so the poor boy is perplexed
about this vital question. As he has two
hearts, however, there can be little
doubS that love will conquer when he
comes to Adhesion about that maiden in
The Oudh. Any way, he feels like part
ing with his disagreeable annex" but
his guardian" won't listen TO It,
New POstmasters Appointed.
SDsrial TslegrGn to ne Register.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., September o.