The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-03-15
HAD TWO otIS OF ORGANS.
a Nebraska Man DoubIy Supplied With
Heart, Liver, Lungs and Stomach.

Heart, Liver, Lungs and Stomach.
DR.. L. E. Hadley of David City, Neh,
has in his possession the remains Of the
most remarkably formed human being
who ever lived. To reporter he said:
Some time ago a man named Marshall
removed from Seward to Lincoln, where
he had been in the grocery business, and
it was not long before was called upon to
attend him. He was alternately joyful
and moody, and supposed his mind to be
affected, although he seemed to be rational
enough in business matters.
He said that he was constantly hungry
upon one side or other of his body, while
1t was impossible for him to eat except a
certain amount. treated him for indi-
gestion absolutely without success, but he
appeared to be better satisfied than was
and told me that he never expected to be
cured. He has suffered at times ever since
he could remember, physically and men
tally. Even morally he was controlled by
irresistible impulses of good and bad, 60
ing to extremes as a devout Christian and
a dcbauche. He and / became warm
friends, and he talked to me freely. He
seemed to have a dual existence and none
of tho symptoms as laid down in the books
would appear as expected when he was Ill.
anything like a correct diagnosis of his all
ments. Usually he was In good health,
but when he became otherwise there was
no power in medicine, it having no appa
rent effect upon him. was baffied and
knew he was formed differently from 9TH
er men, but how I could never tell. Men
tally he was as much of an enigma as
physically. He would be talking perfect
ly nationally, when a strange CLEAN would
come into his eyes, and he would beg me
to lock him up. Often he said he felt as
though there was another being within
him who was constantly striving for the
mastery of the body, and that his other
self sometimes succeeded in overpowering
him. 1 supposed him to be partly de-
meDted and told him not to allow his
mind to dwell upon the subject.
"One day l was called to his bedside,
and to all appearances he was dying. I
felt that it was too late to do anything for
him, and within an hour he died-at least
there was every semblance of death-but
few hours later there were signs of re-
turning animation, and the next day he
was able to leave his bed, but complained
that he seemed to have heavy weight
bearing down upon him internally. He
said that mentally he felt perfectly sane
for the first time in his life, and the old
impression that another self was trying to
obtain mastery of him was gone. For
weeks my friend and patient was in bet
ter health than l had ever known him,
except that he constantly grew weaker,
and the load he felt as though he carried
became heavier. His breath, too, became
offensive, and while the flesh retained its
frmness his body seemed to be putrid. 1t
was not long before death relieved his suf-
ferings-this time forever. His last re-
quest was that should hold postmortem
examination, the only request of the kind
ever heard of being made. 1t was com
piled with. The words, If there is any
thing abnormal about me, as / believe
there is, 1 give you, as my best friend, my
body. If it is but a halluoination Of
mine, want you to attend to its burial.
After the death of Mr.. Marshall held
the post mortem as directed and, to my
utter astonishment found two hearts,
two sets of lungs, two liyers and two
stomachs. One set had been dead for some
time and was decayed, while the other
would have been in sound condition ex-
cept for the death of the first one. The
phenomena was similar to that Of the ST.
amese twins, except that in the case
speak of there was but one body, and
within it was constant con f1ict between
the two human beings who occupied 1t. "
Cincinnati Enquirer.