Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-24
THE SiAMESE BOYS

n, Nam, Nacouatt, " d. p Er-President and Secre.
torv General of the MEDICAL Society nj Paris, lie.
partnent of the Seine, &c
Sin: In consequence Of a communioaion IN
one Of the public prinIs directed TO you from
Dr.. Felix Pa.cali,, signing himself :he SPECIAL
Correspondent of your Socis'y, we are led to
address y"u upon the subject OF the 2rr'erna-
uraI coun-xion tina, exists between The firo
Siomese Boys he subject OF his paper we
have taken his liberty. in ord"rto respond TO
tina, communication. which ia>inua,es. the opi-
MON we deduced from some very PLAIN facts ~
their case was erroneous; having no doub,
that our remarks which have found ihrir way
,n,o priu, in The form Of handful, have been
duIv forwarded 10 you. As these bows are ~
d. nar, f,r England to- morrow, you will have
an onnor,uni,y Of exsmining tnem yourself IN
PARIS. in the course or 'ht writer; when. we
nr,,ume. YOU aud YOUR colleagues will arqn'-
ascs with W. at has met the dec ,drd sane IGn oil
,he most prominent medic al men oil our oly
These BOYS, OF about Is years OF age. are IN
oood h.al,h and well fpi med in every pariIcu-
lar. except in The ns,anc. Ut the Msus e
anatomical structure Of which, as t.r h'in-
opportuni,y as Eorded, W. have undertake
10 describe in the fuilowIng man"er:
The ensifo m Car ilagr at The end oil eac
.,-rnum is unl,ed win $ fellow, aud mas br
come par iy o->6~d, i.rm'og hard elastic up
NOV eJs q 10 he HAND a, connects he,e boys
ria, ;s. oon,a,r below and convex upwar .
Incoming the upward boundary or cdndf
which is the 5aod hat com nunica'es with hr
abdom nal cavities of boh The children; i'om
which fact, the canal is necessarily lined by a
continuation of h. natural pertoneal m"n
br,ne Of the eaviie and the whole o. thi~ l.
covered by common in'rguments mas IN
connecting link IS constituted IL Is a. us up
ner mart about -four inc ncs ~ .eng'h; a. US I'M
der par, six INCHES; from 'hr"e TO Tour i"ehfs
IN d., nth, and varying from one 1" two inehts
in ,bit kress. Al shout midway al the una,
do. NJ this band. is exhibited The cioa'rix of
an unbiiicus, showing where the single hord'
which no doub, contained double set OF YES
sells, entered, for the uourish"eh' oi '"ese '"o
cniidyen before birth.
- canal of this almost cylindrical band
,,ars i, !, nro,rasiou Of viscui from the aldo
men of the respective boys, upon every eHor' o.
conoh;ru or other exercise; and these pro'ru-
s;,ns. from their particular hardness ana siz
,,o,s a, sometimes than al Others, we misht
snn,os. 10 he made up OF any OF ne aod'mih''
y;scsr,. as intestine, liver. stomach, or sp'ee"'
az each should happen in the various p"si'!o's
&C .h.;r BODIES, 10 be presented to the opeo'hg'
since we believe, hat parts ut every aooom''
nal and pelvic viscus have been t'und, al one
time or another, 10 enter into The compoS'"o"
Of hernial tumour-
Th, sense of feeling in the sgin OF This oaad,
is connected with each boy as TAR as 'nt ~"-
die Of its length from his body. as W. nave re-
oaeu,ly tested BY experiment win poih'eo i'>
,,,-,,rnts. Their ar,erial pulses are not al
,..v. stimuli, aneous, bet under our observation'
hsy. varied in time and Frequency. They are
certainly Two distinct pc, sons IN 'esara 10 "
Nm, fone,;ou aud mental operation; but, tr'"
h.;,a wins, AMI so closely allied, they are syn
= hronoys in action and almost in feeling; since