Commentary for Niddah 46:51

רבי זכאי אומר

is one of each.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the double features; as Hasa in fact stated. ');">³⁹</span> Raba ruled: If a foetus was created with one eye and one thigh, the woman who gives birth to it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'its mother'. ');">⁴⁰</span> is unclean<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As one who bore a normal child. ');">⁴¹</span> if these were on the side,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the face and body respectively. sc. in their normal position. ');">⁴²</span> but if they were in the middle<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. prev. n. mut. mut. ');">⁴³</span> she is clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since such an abortion is no valid birth. ');">⁴⁴</span> Raba further ruled: If a child's gullet is perforated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When it is born. ');">⁴⁵</span> his mother is unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because, the child being viable, the birth is valid. ');">⁴⁶</span> but if his gullet is closed up<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the child is not viable. ');">⁴⁷</span> she is clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a birth being invalid. ');">⁴⁸</span> Our Rabbis taught: If a woman aborted a stumped body she is not unclean by reason of such a birth. And what is meant by a stumped body? — Rabbi replied: One short of a part which if taken from a live person would cause him to die. And what is the extent of the part that if taken from a live person would cause him to die? — R. Zakkai replied:

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