Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-16
"SIAMESE TWINS"

once upon time a human mon
sfosity reached this country bsafinI
the label "msde in Siam"
An American Snowman made
combination with the monstrosit,
ana stfaishIaway every man. woman
and child In the country had hesrs
OF the "siamese twins"
NO effectively was the work OF tbs
snowman done that since that time
any human monster In whom there
are iwo separate heads and TIVE
trunks that are for the most part
separate goes by the name OF the
siamese twins" whether born In
Tipperary or Tlmbuetoo.
This is what happens when Isl,
smese twins" are developing before
birth time.
Two eggs are fertilized and placed
In the uterus for development. Al
the beginning they are neishbors
but entirely separate. The eggs start
out to make two children, They
push neiEhboring cells out OF the
way or absorb those In the way that
cannot be moved.
Presently tho developing edge OF
one child has pushed itself against
the developing edge OF another.
Things are moving fast. what gets
In the way In run over or grown over.
or pushed away or eliminated.
Decidedly. the hurriedly growing
child has tho right OF way. There Is
much growing and developing done.
II Is a long way from a single cell.
too small TO be seen. 10 n l0-pound
child with millions Of cells and many
organs-and nine months Is a short
time TO do the Job.
We are dealing now with twins
destined 10 make "Siamese twins" "
The two edges Of the two growing
children come up against each other.
At some period OF contact they grow
together. At the point OF growing
together the compound may develop
but one set Of organs to be used
Jointly by the two Of them.
In recent case the report says
that the two sisters had one lower
bowel and one set of generative
organs to serve the two OF them.
In that case the cells on the way
to develop into pelvic organs grew
together. pooled their efforts and
made one set of organs.
The cells destined to make the
arms. the legs, the head. and all the
structures of the trunk above the
pelvis, kept apart and made a full
set Of organs each for its child or
its egg, dependent on whether we
label II by the final product or by
the beginning cell.
Although the two children shared
the one set Of pelvic organs, in all
other particulars they were as in
dividual as any other twins.
Have you never seen two trees
growing together at the trunk near
the ground, but otherwise as sepa-
rate as though 10 feet intervened be-
tween them?
The process in three-legged chill
dren, two-headed children and other
monstrosities like that is just the
same.
In such a case one twin has over
grown the other. Every developing
part touched by the dominating twin
has been destroyed. The extra leg
that sticks out of the body of the
dominant twin Is the only part of
the dominated twin that has sur
vived the contact.
AS everybody has noticed in ordi-
nary twinning. one of the twins Is
not infrequently superior in size and
weight to the other. In some Of
these cases the larger is so because
1t took more than half the available
blood, food and growing energy.
The Foot Bath Remedy.
C. B. s. writes: From time to
time I have seen inquiries in your
column for the cure of chilblains.
Having had chilblains myself for
many years. and trying every known
remedy with no avail, accidentally
discovered that very hot water will
relieve at once and permanently cure
with a few applications.
use foot bath, keeping the tenn
perature Of the water to the very
hottest point bearable for q few min
utes, and adding hot water so as to
keep the water just below the scald-
ing point.
II have never known this remedy
to fail, and have given 1t to many"
Corsets During Pregnancy.
Babe writes: II. What foods
should a pregnant woman eat?
"2. What can she do in order to
avoid becoming much swollen?
"3. Can corsets be worn by q
pregnant woman? If so, until what
month?
~. Would swimming when she is
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