Baby with Three Arms.

By Alex in Health on May 31, 2006 at 1:34 am

Chinese doctors are considering surgery for a two-month old boy named "Jie Jie" who has three arms:

Neither of the boy’s two left arms is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children’s Medical Center.

"His case is quite peculiar. We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm," Chen said in a telephone interview. "It’s quite difficult to decide how to do the operation on him."

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  1. Miss Cellania
    May 31st, 2006 at 11:46 am

    I hope they decide to wait long enough to ensure leaving the child the more useful arm.

  2. Chris
    May 31st, 2006 at 4:11 pm

    Baby Zaphod!

  3. Elizabeth Morse
    Jul 10th, 2006 at 7:18 pm

    He’s really cute — even with three arms. I hope he’s OK after surgery.


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