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| | Caul, or Face Veil, Occasionally Present at Birth |
 | | I have a friend whose mother and grandmother claim that they were born with a veil covering their face. |
 | | According to some, the following famous people, both real and fictional, were born with a caul: Charles Dickens’ David in "David Copperfield," Alexander the Great, Shakespeare's Hamlet, the mother of the Dionne quintuplets, and Danny in Stephen King's "The Shining." (An illustration of Danny with the caul appeared on one of King's original paperback versions.) |
 | | Dwight Cruikshank, MD, Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, told me that being born with a caul is very rare these days, probably occurring in fewer than 1 in 1000 births, and is usually present only in premature babies. |
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