A Brief Note From 1866 About A Newborn

From the July 26, 1866 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

Michigan–We are indebted to Dr. William Elliott of this place, for a description of a double child, born in this village, having one head with two faces, two noses, four eyes, two mouths and two chins. The faces are right opposite each other. Among the many freaks of nature on record, we believe this is the most wonderful known. The fetus has been carefully preserved and will, we understand, be deposited in the museum of the medical department of the University of Michigan.”

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