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NORFOLK, April 16.A MONSTER'.A few days ago 4 negro girl, about t5 years old, was delivered of a monfter, different perhaps from any heretofore feen. -^Without the aiftiftancfe of i plate it will not be poflible to giVe a juft idea of this La/us Nattir*. It mud therefore fuifiCe to fav, that it is compoffcd of two anale children united, and perfeft.il) ail their parts* exbept the navei, the liver and the thorax and its contents. The union takes place a little be* ldw the clavicle or collar bonef, and contihues td the nfiddle of the belly, where^ at the leparation, there i$ a fingle navel, through which one umbilical cord, or navel firing entered. There is btk one livcir—The contents of the thorax were not examined : from the external .view* however,, there is only one heart, and one pair of lungs; for there it but oneftirnum, or brealt-tone, and no appearaacc of a double chefl, except behind** where it looks fomethtngjikfe'two backs elofely joined.—rTlte foetus furvived until rtf q: day* before it* birthi and ■ had come to i ka . fullfize, that. U\, ihofe partS of theChildren .which are perfectly farmed. This phenomenon is in the pofleflioniof-MefTrs., Taylor and Hansford, Practitioners of LPhyfie in this town. •
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Essex Journal And New Hampshire Packet
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Wed, May 18, 1791
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