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young boya have repeatedly given birth to infants. Medical science cites a nuntbcr of in-stanccs of this strangc phenom-enon, called teratoma (monster). The infant is in reality the boy's twin brother. Due to a freak of naturę, the original sperm celi instead of deve!oping normally as a separalc enlily—bccomes lodgcd in the brother*s ab-dominal cavity. When the boy grows to puberty, the twin embryo bcgins to grow. The boy's abdomen enlarges just as
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in normal pregnancy. An oper-ation ntust be pcrformed to »ave his life. The twin-infant is usually imperfcct, may liave no legs or arins, or head. The monster i» usually born dead.
There is no record of a girl giving birth under similar circum-stances.
An excellent specimen of this abnormalily was dissected and is pre»erved in the Huntcrian Mu-
seum.
AFRESH Havana cigar may weigh one ounce. If it is completely con-sumed, its ashes may weigh one-quarter ounce. Tlicrefore, the smoke most weigh three-quarters of an ounce—so maintain many peoplc and hundreds of articles, as well a» a good many books.
However, the logie is faully. While the smoke—that is carbon particles—account for somc of the weight. actually the amount is extremely smali, varying with different cigars. Most of the ntissing lhree-qnartcrs of an ounce is moisturc—tcaler. The beat of the burning cigar drives out this moisturc into the air, but you can*t see it. Thus most of the weight in cigars or cigarettes is plain water. We had better rename the cigar a cigaąua!
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