A curious case of a lusus naturae / by Dr Knox ; communicated to Dr Duncan by Matthias Gahagan.

  • Knox, Dr.
Date:
1791
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Credit: A curious case of a lusus naturae / by Dr Knox ; communicated to Dr Duncan by Matthias Gahagan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    appeared on an external view, and on dif- feftion. The external view exhibited an appear- ance, which, to one unacquainted with pro- ductions of this nature, was truly extraordinary. It had two heads, perfe&ly well formed, cover- ed with very black hair, in greater quantity than is ufual with infants at the lime of birth. The features of the two faces were regular ; they had an exaft refemblance of each other; and, had it not been, that the lingular cir- cumftance of a double head conveyed a hor- rid idea, the two faces might have been con- fidered as pleafing ones. Behind the two heads, the firft objeft which prefented itfelf, was a double arm, formed by what may be confidered as a junction of the left arm of one foetus, with the right of the other. They were firmly united from the articulation at the Ihoulder to the elbow, but had each a dillinft humeral bone, both of which were articulated to a concavity of the fcapulce, united fo as to form an appearance of one Ihoulder. Thefe arms, (or this double arm), were extended and erett, fo as to appear over the heads; and from the elbow to the ex- tremities /
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