A TWO-HEADED LAMB 



John Robertson 

 Titfta Harry, Orkney Islands, Scotland 



THE accompanying photograph is 

 of a preserved and mounted 

 specimen of two heads of a 

 lamb on one neck and united at the 

 bases f)f the skulls. The local veterin- 

 ary surgeon. Captain Eady, was called 

 out to attend the case in the neighbor- 

 hood on April 10th, 1923, and as far 

 as could be ascertained the ewe showed 

 no ap]jarent abnormality on first ex- 

 amination, one head and two forelegs 

 being quite normally ])resented in the 

 passage. On further examination a 

 second head could be traced to the 

 same neck and. after careful nninii)ala- 



tion, the lamb was delivered, breathing 

 alternately from one head to the other. 

 As the owner, ]\Ir. Smith, of Wink- 

 setter, had no wish to keep it alive, the 

 lamb was destroyed by the veterinary. 

 The post mortem revealed a perfectly 

 normal lamb, except for the two heads. 

 A second lamb was also delivered. 

 This was normal and alive. It is 

 curious to note that the same ewe was 

 attended by Captain Eady on May 4th. 

 11)21, and a dead lamb removed with 

 some difficulty. Had this anything to 

 do with th? ])resent freak of nature? 



