Palindrome wrote:
] ] An Egyptian baby born with two heads was
] ] in stable condition on Sunday after doctors at a
] ] provincial hospital removed one of the heads in a 13-hour
] ] operation
]
] ] Manar was born with a rare condition known as craniopagus
] ] parasiticus, which occurs when an embryo begins to split
] ] into identical twins but fails to complete the process.
] ] One of the conjoined twins fails to develop fully in the
] ] womb.
]
] ] As in the case of a girl who died after similar surgery
] ] in the Dominican Republic a year ago, the second twin had
] ] developed no body. The head that was removed from Manar
] ] had been capable of smiling and blinking but not
] ] independent life.
]
] Wow.

I wonder if they'll keep the spare head in a jar, or bury it...

RE: Baby stable after second head removed