Medicine: Pygopagus Marriage

A problem which perplexed a Santo Domingo friar 401 years ago when called upon to baptize a pair of "Siamese'' twins perplexed Manhattan's marriage license bureau last week when called upon to authorize the union of one of a pair of '"Siamese" girls to an orchestra leader. The friar, uncertain whether his twins contained one or two souls, solved his problem by baptizing one with the regular ritual, the other with a special ritual reserved for those whose previous baptism is in doubt.

Daisy-&-Violet Hilton are a pygopagus, a double-monster joined at the...

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