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Shocking 1783 Two-Headed Boy Historical Medical Oddity

This is a screenshot of a Reddit post shared on 9Gag, featuring content about a historical medical oddity. The top of the post has text explaining that in 1783, a boy was born with a second upside-down fully functional head, and the boy reported he could hear thoughts from the second brain. Below the text are two side-by-side images: the left is an antique engraved illustration of the infant boy lying on a pillow, showing his two conjoined heads, and the right is a photograph of the boy's preserved conjoined skull on display in a museum. The post UI shows it was submitted to the r/WTF subreddit by user u/silvercatbob 5 days before the screenshot was taken, with 23.9k upvotes (95% upvote rate) and 1048 comments.
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In 1783, a boy was born with two heads. The second head was upside down, with the neck pointed straight up. Shockingly, the second head was fully functional. The boy claimed he could hear the other brain telling him things.

Overview

This is a screenshot of a Reddit post shared on 9Gag, featuring content about a historical medical oddity. The top of the post has text explaining that in 1783, a boy was born with a second upside-down fully functional head, and the boy reported he could hear thoughts from the second brain. Below the text are two side-by-side images: the left is an antique engraved illustration of the infant boy lying on a pillow, showing his two conjoined heads, and the right is a photograph of the boy's preserved conjoined skull on display in a museum. The post UI shows it was submitted to the r/WTF subreddit by user u/silvercatbob 5 days before the screenshot was taken, with 23.9k upvotes (95% upvote rate) and 1048 comments.

Origin notes

The original content was first posted to the Reddit subreddit r/WTF by user u/silvercatbob. It was later reposted to 9Gag via RSS feed, with the original 9Gag title being 'Oh. Tf.' referencing the shocking, disturbing nature of the historical medical anomaly content shared in the post.

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