Indian Mutants II: Twice the Reckoning! (Possibly NSFW due to disturbing pics)

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Ok, I posted about the Indian Spider Girl. Now meet DC comics' version. I give you Twoface:

[quote name='telegraph.co.uk']Indian woman gives birth to 'miracle' child

By Sam Wilson
Last Updated: 2:37am GMT 16/03/2008

An Indian woman has given birth to baby girl with four eyes and two faces, just two years after the world was captivated by the story of Lakshmi Tatma, the "twin" girl born with four arms and four legs.
The four-day old Indian baby girl who has four eyes and two faces, pictured at Sani village in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh

The four-day old baby girl, born to Vinod Singh and his partner Sushma, is already being hailed as a reincarnation of the Indian God Ganesha.

Sushma gave birth to the 'miracle' child in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, 50 kilometres north east of New Dehli.
Aunt Jagwati holds the child as villagers look on

As news of her birth spread through the secluded rural village where her family reside, local residents began singing and dancing and asking for her blessings.

According to the doctor at the hospital, the baby girl and her mother are both in good health.

The excitement over the birth recalls the intense media interest in the operation to remove Lakshmi Tatma's headless, undeveloped "twin", joined to her body at the pelvis, in a 40 hour operation last year.
Local residents began singing and dancing and asking for her blessings

Named after the Hindu goddess of wealth, who also has four arms, Lakshmi was believed to have been "sent from God" when she was born to a poor rural family in the northern state of Bihar.
The child is already being hailed as a reincarnation of the Indian God Ganesha

Last month the Daily Telegraph reported how Lakshmi had recovered from major surgery and taken her first steps with the aid of a baby-walker.[/quote]

And speaking of Spider Girl, it seems like she's lost her 'powers' and is only now a mere mortal.
 
There is SOMETHING in the drinking water over there.

All that aside, I can't see how they could operate on this one to make it "normal" again. The photos online seem to depict it as pretty healthy, so unless there are some serious cognitive (i.e. visual) defects, I think any operation would purely be aesthetic, and pointless.

All that aside, there isn't anything NSFW about it.

~HotShotX
 
[quote name='HotShotX']There is SOMETHING in the drinking water over there.

All that aside, I can't see how they could operate on this one to make it "normal" again. The photos online seem to depict it as pretty healthy, so unless there are some serious cognitive (i.e. visual) defects, I think any operation would purely be aesthetic, and pointless.

~HotShotX[/quote]

I suppose... if you call having 2 functional faces 'healthy'. If this kid grows up (emphasis on growing up), it'll be difficult for it to live. Although it has one stomach, unless there's only one brain operating there, each face will be fighting for food, water & attention.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']I suppose... if you call having 2 functional faces 'healthy'. If this kid grows up (emphasis on growing up), it'll be difficult for it to live. Although it has one stomach, unless there's only one brain operating there, each face will be fighting for food, water & attention.[/quote]

I draw a very distinct line between health and beauty. Just because it isn't beautiful doesn't mean it isn't healthy, you know?

It'd be very difficult and premature to make any medical decisions based on how the outside looks. For all we know, that child's brain(s) is designed to operate all 4 eyes effectively, giving her an improved line of sight and cognitive ability.

Even if there were two brains, they wouldn't be "fighting" over food and attention in which I'm assuming you are applying a "Hydra" comparison. Even if that was the case, this isn't something where the parents have a kid they like and a kid they don't like...they are most definitely going to feed each side equal amounts of food, water, and attention.

All that aside, what's to say that this child won't have any increased brain capacity or cognitive ability? I'm very interested in what medical science will say about it's growth capability and not so much anything that the "Oh my God it isn't beautiful so let's fix it" medical field has to say.

~HotShotX
 
With 1.2 billion people in India, we shouldn't be surprised that two incidents such as these have occurred. The odds are probably higher than we think.
 
[quote name='HotShotX']I draw a very distinct line between health and beauty. Just because it isn't beautiful doesn't mean it isn't healthy, you know?

It'd be very difficult and premature to make any medical decisions based on how the outside looks. For all we know, that child's brain(s) is designed to operate all 4 eyes effectively, giving her an improved line of sight and cognitive ability.

Even if there were two brains, they wouldn't be "fighting" over food and attention in which I'm assuming you are applying a "Hydra" comparison. Even if that was the case, this isn't something where the parents have a kid they like and a kid they don't like...they are most definitely going to feed each side equal amounts of food, water, and attention.

All that aside, what's to say that this child won't have any increased brain capacity or cognitive ability? I'm very interested in what medical science will say about it's growth capability and not so much anything that the "Oh my God it isn't beautiful so let's fix it" medical field has to say.

~HotShotX[/quote]

Never mentioned anything about beauty. Just that having 2 function faces doesn't seem healthy to me. Think about it. It essentially has to compete w/ itself for resources - food, water, & attention. Now, being a poor secluded rural community, resources will be tight and the parents might worry for the child's continued health. This may result in them overfeeding the child since they might think they need to feed both faces although it only has one body (and presumably one stomach). Hopefully, they'll understand that they would only need to feed either face half as much food as they would a single faced child since it's going to a common stomach.
 
Is it possible that this girl will have a better life because she was born like this?
I doubt she would be able to be treated so highly and probably given lots of money, gifts, or respect if she was in any other part of the world with this birth defect.
Can't decide whether its a blessing or a curse for her.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Never mentioned anything about beauty. Just that having 2 function faces doesn't seem healthy to me. Think about it. It essentially has to compete w/ itself for resources - food, water, & attention. Now, being a poor secluded rural community, resources will be tight and the parents might worry for the child's continued health. This may result in them overfeeding the child since they might think they need to feed both faces although it only has one body (and presumably one stomach). Hopefully, they'll understand that they would only need to feed either face half as much food as they would a single faced child since it's going to a common stomach.[/quote]

You're completely missing the point. There is no reason for competition as nutrients are absorbed in the stomach and not the mouth. At worst, it would only have have to eat a little more to operate a second face which uses a fraction of the amount of nutrients that the rest of the body uses (your arm and leg muscles burn a hell of a lot more).

As for the parents, I'm sure at least one doctor has chimed in for properly taking care of a two-faced child by now. All that aside, I'm pretty certain that, Indian or not, most parents are aware that "food has to reach the tummy" for it to be effective. I doubt they'll be feeding the child twice as much just because it has two faces.

~HotShotX
 
[quote name='HotShotX']You're completely missing the point. There is no reason for competition as nutrients are absorbed in the stomach and not the mouth. At worst, it would only have have to eat a little more to operate a second face which uses a fraction of the amount of nutrients that the rest of the body uses (your arm and leg muscles burn a hell of a lot more).

As for the parents, I'm sure at least one doctor has chimed in for properly taking care of a two-faced child by now. All that aside, I'm pretty certain that, Indian or not, most parents are aware that "food has to reach the tummy" for it to be effective. I doubt they'll be feeding the child twice as much just because it has two faces.

~HotShotX[/quote]

I'm not missing any point. I never mentioned anything about nutrients or absorption. My point was that once one face has tasted some good food, it will remember that good sensation & potentially fight its 'sibling' for food. It will fight not because it 'requires' more food, water, or attention, but simply because it desires them. Try eating with only one side of your tongue for a week & resist the desire to move your food around to the other side. Now imagine doing that for life. I know I could probably last that week but it would be miserable because I'd like to taste food on the other side of my tongue.

As for the parents, I hope a doctor did make them take heed because if there's one thing I've learned never to doubt is the human capacity for stupidity.
 
[quote name='help1']With 1.2 billion people in India, we shouldn't be surprised that two incidents such as these have occurred. The odds are probably higher than we think.[/quote]

Also in remote villages, I'm thinking that incest is higher then one would think as well (esp among cousins)
 
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