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Show Science Wins Victory Over Freak of Birth A successful operation on what might be called incomplete Siamese twins has been reported to e mcai -cal journal, Lancet, of London, by Sir jb Bland-Sutton. An accoun of case was sent to Sir John, ..m-self ..m-self a consulting surgeon at the Middlesex Mid-dlesex hospital, by a medical correspondent corre-spondent in India. Attached to a H n-du n-du bov baby at birth was a parasitic "brother" possessed of the full complement com-plement of limbs, but minus head, lungs and heart. A month after birth the parasite was growing rapidly so that the parents sought surgical aid for the relief of the child. The operation oper-ation was performed and when last heard from the child was well and developing normally. Such cases, said the British surgeon, should encourage surgeons generally to separate con-jointed con-jointed twins and spare the fully developed de-veloped individual not only a life of bondage, hut the ignominy of being exhibited ex-hibited in public shows. |