A little over three inches from the anus was a rudimentary limb with a movable articulation; it measured five inches in length and tapered to a fine point, being furnished with a distinct nail, and it contracted strongly to irritation.

Marie, the left child, was of fair complexion and more strongly developed than Rosa.

The sensations of hunger and thirst were not experienced at the same time, and one might be asleep while the other was crying.

The pulsations and the respiratory movements were not synchronous.

They were the products of the second gestation of a mother aged twenty-six, whose abdomen was of such preternatural size during pregnancy that she was ashamed to appear in public.