8. Giacomo and Giovanni Tocci
The Tocci brothers were born in Italy in 1877 and were separated above the waist. They were given away by their parents to ‘The Royal Academy of Medicine in Turin’ when they were just one month old. There, they were examined and exhibited and eventually became extremely popular both in America and Europe. They were known as the ‘two-headed boy’ or the ‘blended-twins’.
Since they shared an
abdomen, pelvis and legs, the twins never learned to walk and always
needed assistance. Each twin controlled one leg and found it difficult
to co-ordinate their movements with the other.
Since
their birth, the twins were exhibited all around the world. They went
on many tours, both in Europe and America. At the age of twenty, the
twins decided to retire. They had made enough money both for themselves
and their family. Besides, they never much cared for fame or money. They
eventually married sisters and lived the rest of their lives in
seclusion, near Venice.
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