Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World
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the geniality of her manner and with the store of information which
she has at her command. The question which naturally arises, and
which it seems difficult to solve, is, whether this is one being,
or whether, in some extraordinary manner, two persons have thus
marvelously joined together. A very careful anatomical examination,
made by the professors at Jefferson Medical College, America, has led
to the discovery that the lungs, heart, and functions of digestion
are those of two persons, apparently perfect and healthy in each,
but that the whole of the lower organization of the body is that of
one female, with the exception of the four legs. Each head is said
to possess separate intellectual faculties, as entirely distinct as
the brain power of two different individuals, and the volitions of
the will are independent, but very much in harmony with each other.
In proof of this the two mouths will at the same time converse with
different persons upon topics of a widely different character, and
will join in singing a duet, one taking the soprano and the other the
contralto part. Experiments have been tried with a view to demonstrate
the nervous system, which showed that whilst above the junction the
sense of feeling was separate and distinct in each, below the point of
union it was common. Thus, a hand placed upon the shoulder of either
was noticed only by the one touched, but a pressure of the foot was
instantly felt by each.
Yesterday a private party of ladies and gentlemen had an interview
with this extraordinary person at the Washington Hotel, and were both
astonished and pleased. She seems remarkably cheerful, suffers no
inconvenience or pain from peculiar physical organization, dances with
freedom, and, for one of her race, sings with considerable taste and
expression. * * * * *
The editor of the _Liverpool Daily Post_ says:
THE NEW PHENOMENA.
A numerous party assembled yesterday at the Washington Hotel to
“interview” a most extraordinary natural Phenomena who is about to be
exhibited in London as the “Two-Headed Nightingale.” * * * *