The arteries, as was anticipated, were found to have undergone calcareous degeneration.

There was an hepatic connection through the band, and also some interlacing diaphragmatic fibers therein.

There was slight vascular intercommunication of the livers and independence of the two peritoneal cavities and the intestines.

The band itself was chiefly a coalescence of the xyphoid cartilages, surrounded by areolar tissue and skin.
The "Orissa sisters," or Radica-Doddica, shown in Europe in 1893, were similar to the Siamese twins in conformation.

They were born in Orissa, India, September, 1889, and were the result of the sixth pregnancy, the other five being normal.