2 ^3 Mr. Home’s Account of 
was called Hannai, a farmer at Mandalgent near Bardawan, in 
Bengal, and aged thirty-five. 
• At the time of the child’s birth, the woman who afted as 
midwife, terrified at the ftrange appearance of the double head, 
endeavoured to deftroy the infant by throwing it upon the fire, 
where it lay a fufficient time before it was removed to have one 
of the eyes and ears confiderably burnt. 
The body of the child was naturally formed, but the head 
appeared double, there being, befides the proper head of the 
child, another of the fame fize, and to appearance almoft 
equally perfect, attached to its upper part. This upper head 
was inverted, fo that they feemed to be two feparate heads 
united together by a firm adhefion between their crowns, but 
without any indentation at their union, there being a fmootli 
continued furface from the one to the other. The face of the 
upper head was not over that of the lower, but had an oblique 
pofition, the center of it being immediately above the right eye. 
When the child was fix months old, both of the heads were 
covered with black hair, in nearly the fame quantity. At this 
period the fkulls feemed to have been completely offified, ex- 
cept a fmall fpace between the ofla frontis of the upper one, 
like a fontinelle. 
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Obfervations on the fupenor or inverted head. 
No pulfation could be felt in the fituation of the temporal 
arteries ; but the fuperficial veins were very evident. 
The neck was about two inches long, and the upper part of 
it terminated in a rounded foft tumor, like a fmall peach. 
One of the eyes had been confiderably hurt by the fire,, but 
the other appeared perfect, having its full quantity of motion ; 
but the eyelids were not thrown into a&ion by any thing lud- 
denly approaching the eye ; nor was the iris at thofe times in 
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