Word: pygopagus
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...Orleans hospital last week, Ashton Mouton and his wife Rosa looked down on one of the most satisfying sights of their lives: their twin daughters, two months old, asleep for the first time in separate cribs. Until last week, Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne had been pygopagus twins, joined at the lower ends of their spines...
Nowhere in medical history could the Ochsner staff find a record of successful separation of pygopagus Siamese twins. Yet Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne were thriving (by last week they jointly weighed 14 Ibs. 8 oz.). The doctors told Mayor and Mrs. Mouton that there was a good chance both would survive surgery. The Moutons agreed to the attempt...
Daisy-&-Violet Hilton are a pygopagus, a double-monster joined at the buttocks. They say that the bones of their lower spines and hips are fused and that the same blood courses through both bodies. Invoking shyness, they refuse medical or x-ray examination. Presumably if Violet were to bleed to death, Daisy would also be fatally drained of blood. But, strangely, three weeks ago Violet had a bad cold and fever. Yet Daisy ran no fever...
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