Double a?id Triple Monstrosities 



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is, if there exists a double head and neck, we should, if possible, 

 amputate one of the necks with the chisel or by other means, and 

 remove it, and then proceed to extract the remaining portion of 

 the fetus. So we would handle a posterior presentation where 



the posterior extremity of the fetus is double. Or we may re- 

 duce the volume of the double body by evisceration, page 658, 

 by the destruction of the pelvic girdles, or by amputation of the 

 hind limbs, page 653. 



