Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-14
FOREIGN ARTICLES.

40 "''"'u he IL PeepmS at me.
NASHUA BARD.
FOREIGN ARTICLES
From the London SIM
DEATH AND DISSECTION OF THE BIcEpa4Lors ON
Double HEADED GlRL-The child with two heads
winch lately arrived at Paris from Sardinia and was
tle SUBJECT OF as much attention in the French can
ital as the SIamese Boys in London is dead =
Thus all the hopes founded by modern phvsoIorv On
the observation of the phenomena likely to Result
from TINS double organization, if life had continued
longer, are now annihilatcd Rita or the rioht sid.
!he iant,had been i'll for three days. and her inese
SiG not appear any degree to influence the health of
Dnlistna the other side; that vt the moment when
ta mad gwen up the ghost Christina was hanrno at
Inc breast OF her mother and playing with her face
5;a a sc Tae she let go, heaved sigh, and
'h monster to be dssected but the solicitations NJ
Heohroy Saint Hiaire, and the injunctions of the
ponce overcame ils repugnancs, and the bcephac in
,la nus oeen carried to the Theatre of Anatomy in
tne 'ard,n du Ro where it was dssected on tho
Soh or November, in the presence of the membcrs IF
Hooh.ittee appointed by the Royal Academy of
NieClclne' consisting of Messrs Ant, Dubois, Ser
res itard Castei, and jeffrey st. Hilaire to whom
We're added the Barons Cuvier and Portal and ~
TORS i!uneril, Paul Dubois Lisfranc and some otbr
physicians The following the most interesting
oetails OF this truly curious autopsy
upon inspecting the chest, the lunrs were found;
heaiIhtui stae and Of a pretty regular conf,r,no
Ton line rIgh lobe of the lungs of Rita and tho
roje VI were evidently crampcd in their
ugVeiopement they were consequently more contract
Gu tlan their own moley, but no trace of fusion 1n
Observable i'll these organs. ~
Inc pericardIum, or envelope of covering for the
nealt was single, bu incosed two hearts, SO closely
connected and bound together that durino life Tia
Perstaliic motions must be simultaneous and cnnaa
Justify connunded' This explains why the stetbos
Cope transmitted but the sound of a sinoIo 90
o, CT -cnation and shows why when life ceased ~
Ntta, Christina was likewise obliged To lose her. Oh
neatlng or the heart OF one locked or enchanted NV
Tue lmmoblllty of the others heart -
The organs of digestion were double ma far
h 80, c%cun whlch comprises the stomach where the
nye Is formed and the inestines where the ali
as iar as the anus, there was but siugle dnct ~
passage and as the aimentary substances scarcelv
contain any more nuritive principles when thew ar
rive at the caecum it follows from hence that With
respect to the organs of digestion Rita and Christ
ma were In condition where life became imposSble
to them. PHo'e
There We're two lvers but thew united into an.
he organ OF the uterus likewise double a
thousand circumstances OF this complex organization
which were exceedingly well analysed by NJ. Geof!
ue oan. Hnaire' render the study of this bice-
toey would be too lengthy to be entered upon in
tbis place; besldes we shall have an opportunitv NJ
returMngto this subject when the learned Professor
~ the Jardn du Ro shall have completed the i'm
Portant work he is preparing on this case. "
ihe opening of the body of Christina Rita has
not furnished any very precise idea of the nature Of
the disease by which death was PRODUCED A srIt
adhesion of the posteror part of the nIepra IF 7ba
I'ght side with the emphysema of the LUNGS indico
yea the existence of an inflammation of that mem
nd
as could have produced imm ediate death Dill
might rather, perhaps have been imputed tn n coni
aeriloie accumulation Of feculen matter in tho rao
,uhi: Noth'ng could have been more easv than 20
sa3, 'shovea TINS accumulation, which has produced
such On unfortunate result. A SLIGHT o,or;.
"ohid erainiy have suffc"d; but no medical n;
lance mad been called and Christina Rita has died
ior want OF help. IN the midst of Paris. in c;,u
where SO many celebrated physicians would bay
oeen happy to have lent heir assistance for mn oht
SO hghly interesting to men of science RI th
Ieia'NeS seemed to have been ignorant of the f,cI
itieS OF procuring relief; embittercd no do,,ht L
; ne aenSal 1hey mad experienced from the auhor
.es' ana prevented from making application bv n.
distress III which that refusal had plunged them rh
remote causes of the disease by which dc,tI, ,,n.
produced may DOUBTLESS be traced TO fh, d,,icaI
SUBSTITUTION OF Rta, and TO exposure TO the first cold
Oh WINTER IN apartments very imperfecty heated Il
was with difficulty that RIttu Supported tIe Gt;on
oi travelling, while her sister seemed 10 suffer mn
sort OF inconvenience. In the towns where tbou
meie wen received, and where they could stav y
.ong in' Rita recovered her health with snrnr;s
tng apidity, so rapidly that ST TIiIoto CO.., i
nus observed nothing equal to it in an ISOLATED he.
~ y ana ascribeS 1t to the support received iro, r.
h.. Cttislina, VINO being endowed with a vcrv
.e9usV organization, had doubt greatly confirms
leu 10 .nese sudden restorations Their s,,u -, ~
"iS haa peen very favorable TO their hnal,I' H.
seemed even well on their arrival in por;s .,,Ly
1s.e'r appeared TO be fatigued; but here when tic
severity OF the season required the rro,ta't '
the relatives, deceived i'm their hnneo h, - :'c'
teIence OF t"e authorities, were reduced tn NO.
e. uiconss' eDt with the which was nocossn
~ Tor the Pr eservaton of their child 'S''-
IL Is Known that Rita onlV was unye,, 81 a.
Chrlstina, whose health was GOOD 70 81 '' .nd'
.uuoeh,y Struck dead, at the moment when he, -;
Ter expired The perfect health of Chris,;,a :; s ,I
~ .ui 'SIng, waen 1t Is considered that the ac
c"nuotion or interruption to which The do,,h ~
cf'Ded, was situated in that port Of the i, - - us
m"Ic" was cornm,D to the two sisters. bu, :, 80
" '''o''oS'eo shat an interruption which nao no