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Detailing the incredible and allegedly true story of the Boy with Two Heads, otherwise known as the Boy of Bengal. Born in a village named Mundul Gait, Bengal in 1783, the child's life was short and full of incredible tragedy. Instead of having his memory honored, his grave was desecrated and his body was mutilated in the name of "science". In reality, the boy suffered from the condition "Craniopagus Parasiticus" and was indeed the first documented case to survive past birth.
Several sources falsely claim the boy died at the age of four, but the only reported academic source from 1790 lists the suggested age of two.
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Sources Used:
An Account of a Child with a Double Head. In a Letter from Everard Home. Esq. F. R. S.
to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.
Author(s): Everard Home
Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , 1790, Vol. 80 (1790),
pp. 296-305
Published by: Royal Society
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Adapted from Jan Bondeson’s book: The Two Headed Boy
images : 1. Hand drawings of the Boy of Bengal by Mr. Smith 3. The Boy of Bengal byArthur William Devis (1762-1822)
Video Sources:
Circus Day In Our Town (1949)
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