Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-10

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would exert on tho other, bit crcumstances do md
appear to justify the least suspicion of any mental hi
d'v'duairy. Whispering in TIE our of one. eonvove
no sonse of sound To the other Volatile s,I,, 81
edtoihe nostrs of one, prod,ced in the o,h.r pp
a curiosity To try the same experiment. ON bimsci
finching the arta OF one, attended bv No sans.
.ion IN the other. Being dcsipus Of sscertaniny
There was any point whore both cit, we made s, g.
preston with n point of pin il the exact yo.,;
centre OF their connecting link, both said II bm,
Them We then made other impressions. ex,end;n
them very gradually further from tlss noipt. Ill ~
was, that within the distance Of tlr!e fnu,,hs or
men IRON the centre towards each bow, sens,to
was communicated to both BY a sinple n,ick. hovnU
nus was excited in one ouly, tho other porceiyin
m,rkab,s es.ec wha.eve' The experiment was re
aIKaoiy satisfactory, and apprehend thar farthe
than mere exhibited tho two youths must bc consi
crcu whist IN state of health, as free and indone,
dent agents and distinctions of all the other oroar
as unconnected as those Of their brains
Twins generally resemble each o,he. =; ;,..i,.
anu disposition, as we'll as in person. and this Is mart
cularly the case with the boys in ouest;on W.
to this natural resemblance add the habit ,h
nave contracted of acting simultaneously am, in cr
cert, we shall be lcss surprised than we mich, =. g.
oe ut the facility with which their various
are pcrtormcd, and the quickness with which ono ~
spends to the inclinations of the other
In the course Of their VOYAGE thcy world M, 49,,
rum we arc told, and leap with agility and w;thn,
ter'erng with each other but climb to the mao, ~,
us lar as any sailor on board the ship They er
] observed 10 converse with each other, and did
;p
SunctVe. In playing the game of drafts. a. :.
wncn Ihcy learnt with great case. being of neonI
NATURALLY fond OF games and gambling, thcy were oh
80 w uecaG OH their moves almost insta nta mo-
""Siy' anu 10 make them with quickness and Ms =
decision sufficiently characteristic of all the;r -,
ments' In the oourss Of the game, sonetimo. ~
and sometimes tho other would make the move 81
ppesieu 70 nave the same plans, ind always acqui
eeceo IN the moves of each other. Yet thew aoTrn
,imes pay against each other; but SO strong e 49,
naoit OF Coaching, that snch games 30 on with -
l,eeHom than when opposing third person --T'be;J
excavations generally occur at tho same tirne
we" aPpeutes and taste are all very much oliLe nm
.hey appear not only coDtented, but hanpv nna GO
rehey attached TO encb other. Captain Cof;n n,nsI
informed by their mother that she had borne seven
teen children. Once she had three nj n b;r,L "
never less than two; though none of her othe. .Lv
Grcn were in any why deformed.
Inc question naturally arises in the mind of evo,,,
9oserver could not this connecting substance be dyi
oed without injury 70 the hovs>-eyVe do NO, 49,. !,
TO solve this problem which nifer MI can oniv h. s
decided by the experiment.; but we hesitate No, 10 g.,
ciat, nfter several very accurate examinations 90,
impressions are that snch division would be a je,r;
ment only to the very respect able and obIo;n,, -.
t!eman who offers them for exhibition TRo aaS.
nica structure Of this bond Of union is anoorcn,i
snPc and we regard the fhct that children SO unit
should have been ushered into the world with safc,,
10 themselves and their mother, that they should b, 70
escaped the ills and early fatality which usnajIy n,
tend such prodges. that they should have grown ~,
10 the age OF l8 years in the uniform exercise ~
ton and that they should be so perfectly ronten,o
with their lot, and happy in all the various unni
san! circumstances IN which they arc placed M o.
more remarkable than that such deformity sbonL,
nave exlIsed.-lnstances of fGtuses united much
more closely than are these boys, are BY no maana
rare IN the books Of cabinets of anatomists r.,
MODE OF union Is very various, being sometimes n.
me hips backs, Sides several cases are relatod Rs
iarce ana IIlplus, in which the connection wus n,
the abdomen. in the Philosophical Transoetions -
nm account of two children thus united born ne, =.
Manches'er, Eng. in i75i.-In I748 Dr. Parsons
communicated to the Royal Society an account NJ y
SIN birth not very unlike that of the boys now
tied. The fn,uses united from the umdilicus -,
tie upper part Of the sternum and the single cord H.
which they were nourished, entered the connec,n
medium AT central point on it's lower surfaceJIs
Cotton Maher communicated 10 learned E;end :;
ETgland similar case. Of which he was eve u;,n ..'
and which occurred III this city in I7I2; md n -
bic tGus, born in tins country at much later ne-oa
~ now preserved and deposited, if we mistake mn, =;
ute anoto!nlcaI CABINET Ut ncghboring medical in
stitution. ~
most monsters hive boen still born. and the few
Who nave been living, very small proportion have
survived many days. The most remarkable and az
a' rs our memory goes, the only on record of
TIL monsters acquiring the adult age. occurred iu
hungary more than ccniury sro Two females
'uu1'h ana Helen, born in Snoza in I7OI were nned
az ~ INC lower part Of the back They had between
".l enc urethrn, and one petsage for the fecal
tN"cuations Their bodies, abatinp tho dtformed
P"I' unuucu To, were well shaped, and their faces
o c They were intelligent, and, like the bows
tht;r not only contcntcd, but in the language Of
L. poti, brisk and merry" Like them,
ai1o' these girls "hod not their feeling common
an "hcrc but in the place of their conjunction. ~"
w men one stopped she lifted the other on her back,
s anu WET ono vent forward the other was drawn
oatH""Iu' One would sometimes sleep whilst the
otnrr was awake, and though cndely attached their
lhci'hn'ions were not always the same. These HIM
n , sisters were we'll educated and well bred;
very Pre'iy. hey lived to the are OF ,wcn,y,'.s
EcsIs onfing winch time they were exhbited in die
w 'I PnF's OF Europe, and both died together in
.,ii complaining Of the gravity of Ameroans
Of the Legislature" ~ " " "'ey oIu II oy ordeg