Monday, August 9, 2010

Teratophobia


A case of craniopagus parasiticus is described in which the parasitic twin is more fully developed anatomically than in any of the previous reports. Somatic and placental vascular anastomoses between the twins and hypoplasia of the umbilical cord of the parasite were also observed. These findings support the hypothesis that craniopagus parasiticus results from compromise of the blood supply to one of a pair of craniopagus conjoined twins

Craniopagus Parasiticus: A Case Illustrating its Relationship to Craniopagus Conjoined Twinning, Aquino, Timmons, et. al,

Phagophobia



...The chief warder shows me the black smoked pot, filled with some food: 'I need your medical expertise regarding this meat.' I look into the pot, and hardly hold vomiting. The fibres of that meat are very small, and don't resemble me anything I have seen before. The skin on some pieces bristles with black hair (...) A former smith from Poltava, Kulesh worked together with Centurashvili. At this time, Centurashvili was only one month away from being discharged from the camp (...) And suddenly he surprisingly disappeared. The wardens looked around the hills, stated Kulesh's evidence, that last time Kulesh had seen his workmate near the fireplace, Kulesh went out to work and Centurashvili left to warm himself more; but when Kulesh returned to the fireplace, Centurashvili had vanished; who knows, maybe he got frozen somewhere in snow, he was a weak guy (...) The wardens searched for two more days, and then assumed that it was an escape case, though they wondered why, since his imprisonment period was almost over (...) The crime was there. Approaching the fireplace, Kulesh killed Centurashvili with an axe, burned his clothes, then dismembered him and hid the pieces in snow, in different places, putting specific marks on each burial place. ... Just yesterday, one body part was found under two crossed logs.


Steep Route, Yevgenia Ginzburg

Taphephobia


A premature baby girl is seen inside an incubator at a hospital in Pachuca, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2010. The newborn baby was declared dead by doctors on Monday at a hospital in the town of Tulancingo, Mexico, before she revived inside her coffin during her wake and was immediately driven to a private hospital. Hidalgo state attorney general Jose Rodriguez said the baby girl finally died Thursday due to her premature condition. The doctor who wrongly pronounced the baby girl dead on Monday is under investigation. (AP Photo/Organizacion Editorial Mexicana)

Leporiphobia