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
John Stuart Mill · en
The following prominent scientific men of Great Britain are among
the few who vouch for the genuineness of the marvelous Two-Headed
Nightingale:
SIR JAMES PAGET, Bart, Pres. R.C.S., F.R.S., &c.
SIR W. W. GULL, Bart, M.D., F.R.C., &c.
SIR W. FERGUSON, Bart, M.D., F.R.C.S., &c.
SIR HENRY THOMPSON, F.R.C.S., M.D.
HENRY FEE, F.R.C.S., &c.
And leading surgeons and medical men of Russia, Austria, Switzerland,
Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Belgium fully concur and endorse
the statements above given.
15 SOUTH CHARLOOT ST., 11th Jan., 1856.
I have this day examined Millie Christine, and find that the band
of union is between 15 and 17 inches in circumference, involving
at least the bones of the sacrum and coccyx immovable, uniting the
sacral nerves and spinal cord, so as to constitute one individual, or
two girls in one nervous system. I also find both heads sprightly and
intelligent, and deem her a much greater curiosity than the Siamese
Twins.
(Signed.)
JOHN LEZARS,
Professor of Surgery to the Royal College of Surgery, and Senior
Operating Surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
NEW ORLEANS, 10th Feb., 1858.
I have this day examined the “Two-Headed Girl,” and find her to be a
very remarkable anatomical curiosity. The spines are united, having
rectum and vagina in common.
J.C. NOTT, M.D.
I fully concur in the above opinion.
THOS. HUNT, M.D.
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 28th, 1858.
We, the undersigned, having made a critical examination of the _lusus
naturæ_, known as the “Two-Headed Girl,” now being exhibited in our
city by Mr. Vestal, would beg leave to state that this wonder, as
regards the pelvic arrangements is, in our opinion, one; in all other
particulars double.
JOHN B. McDOWELL, M.D.,
B. F. EDWARDS, M.D.,
WM. CARR LANE, M.D.,
J. M. SCOTT, M.D.
ST. JOSEPH, MO., July 13th, 1858.
The undersigned, physicians of St. Joseph, having been invited to see
the _lusus naturæ_ now on exhibition in the city, fully concur in
the statement that it is the greatest wonder of the age, having two
heads, four legs, four arms and but one body, and one consolidated
pelvis, and perfect sympathy of desire.
W. I. HEDDEW, M.D.,
J. H. CRAND, M.D.,
J. A. CHAMBERS, M.D.,
O. B. KNODE, M.D.,
C. CATLETT, M.D.
ROYAL GUEST.
THE FAMOUS
Two-Headed Nightingale.
[Illustration: Royal Coat of Arms]
_Four Times by Command before the Royal Family._
_Thrice before the Prince and Princess of Wales and also before all
the Crowned Heads of Europe._
A ROYAL GUEST.--By Royal Command, Mlle. Millie Christine, the
marvelous “Two-headed Nightingale,” visited her Majesty the Queen at
Buckingham Palace.--_London Times._