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Word: pygopagus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pygopagus Marriage | 7/16/1934 | See Source »

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