The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-11
guaE IS A MAN AND A HALF.
.uHe Lacks Is Another Head to be
Twins.

~ Be Lacks is Another Head to be
Twins.
Tho following from the New York Aduer-
4 ,;ser is a fuller account Of the monstrosity
~, on exhibition in New York city. than
+.s given in Wednesdays MORNING NEWS:
ono of the most remarkable freaks of ma
Il ..,ra ever seen was on private view in room
M 2S3, Metropolitan hotel, yesterday. 1t
80, East Indian boy with one he ad and
tro bodies. and it is not a pleasant object
LII at as a curiosity. His name is Laloc
Gp9o,Tnnarsad and he was born eighteen years
d'1o in Oovon, in the Oudh. When he came
IS the room, where several physicians
re- waiting he appeared to be a bright,
;,.eJigeat lad, who speaks English freely
\ 80 years travel in this country, more
\ tban four feet in hight, and as dark as the
4 nsual natives OF India
Tba following doctors proceeded, by invi-
3 .otion to examine the boy :: DR.. J. Blake
WIT. DR.. j. L. morrill,, DR.. G.. D. Bley-
4 thing Or. Richard II. Buck, DR.. W. II.
a Park aud Dr.. w. G. Thompson, professor
4 a. rhvsiology in the Universitysof the City
\ ~ Nav York The boy was found to have
q uell-developed body and another half
bodv much smaller, attached to the lower
mart of the breast. 1t is what the medical
men call case of arrested twin develop
r1ent. The small half-body, or parasitic
fptus. is firmly adherent to the boy on the
lower end of the sternum, or breast bone,
bv srrong formation of both cartilaginous
i and osseous nature.
This sacral appendage or protrusion has
the imperfectly formed body of child
with two arms and legs. the head and neck
spparantly disappearing within the breast
II the boy. Young Ramparsad walks
about easily with his horrible counterfeit
pre- eminent. The arms of the half body
are Informed and have only the slightest
sensation of pulse. The latter is coincident
With the pulse beat in the main body. The
lags and feet Of the ''annex" are devoid Of
Sc station, but thesllttle body is unmistak-
ably male, and a lively one, too. The
freak is on exhibition only to men.
While in a sitting posture the boy appears
As if holding his second self" on his lap
He can stretch the little arms up aud about
his neck The attachment formation is
sufficiently mobile to allow the free move
ment of the parasite, although the latter
has no power of motion in itself. DIR. Buck,
after irving for some time to lind evidence
of pulse in the little protruding arms, said:
There is paresis developing here This
boy cannot live long" However. the doctor
was willing TO notify that statement later
on. The boy is the perfect picture of
health This case does. not interest ply
slcians very nluch,' continued tee blunt
docter; but if the boy would consent to
have the half body removed, then we might
learn something Under the knife
the medical men would think it great
case.
It 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 guardian, but it leaked
out last night that young Ramparsad, who
is Hindoo of the Rajpootna race was
stolen when an infant. Thrice the mon
strosity 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 to medical COL
leyeS for three years past. Fracis is
Parsee, and came from the same dis
trct in India from which the well-known
merchant, L. Dadabhoy, halls. Mr.. Dadab-
hoy, who has been in New York long enough
to become a naturalized citizen, is mer-
chant in Exchange Place He was present
yesterday as one of Mr.. Fracis' guests, aud
gave that gentleman 8 pretty good char &C
ter. Still there is a wonderful roma c5
connected with the life of this boy which
has not yet come out. Mr.. and Mrs FrGcis
perform strange religious rites every
morning at sunrise with the boy, and
their weird prayers to Brahman are
said to be plainly distinguished 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 IN his religious views.
Most Hindoos are not allowed to eat animal
food, but being Rajpoot, and the descend
ant OF one Of the reigning dynaSties of
India a Of
other things forbidden to nearly all good
East Indiamen. During lull in the sci
entists' discussion yesterday Laloo slipped
up to the sideboard, swallowed pretty stiff
glass Of brandy and soda, aud slipped box
of cigarettes into his pocket.
George Gill Of Liverpool, England. is
manager OF the Ramparsad party. He is
authority for the statement that young
Laloo'S mother and father we're strong and
healthy. Mrs. Ramparsad has borne four
children, but Laloo is the only one deformed.
such freaks of nature are not common in
India. After being shown to the medical
colleges in this city for heavy fee the
boy will be taken to San Francisco and then
Australia for exhibition. 1t is said that he
mas never been in dime
museum nor on the lecture platform.
The young fellow has ideas Of his
own about getting married and settling
down to quiet life in far away Oovon
with black-eyed native beauty, and he
has about made up his mind to allow DIR.
mcdonald Brown of Glasgow to cut him
III twain SO that he eau be like other men.
inns operation will be at the peril OF his
lie, and so the poor boy is perplexed about
TINS vital question. As he has two hearts,
however. there can be little doubt that love
VIII conquer when he comes to decision
soout toat maiden in the Oudh. Any way,
ne feels like parting with his disagreeable
annex" but his guardian" won't listen