, 1869-03-07
Su1Etetl Rxzmina.lyn OF tbs 5larnes1
TyF1Nss

Frum tie Lotccr S'sr, Fe~. -
Sir James simpson, the Professor or Ae4
cine asd Midwifery IL the unirer1'y Of Eds:
bugb, has examined very msnutely and 1sa
eyeTY poirs Of scientific interest these ts::1
and has delivered iecture TO the sioes:a
OF the University Clxss On these and o.s-
recorded CASES Of united twins, ot "nota tetT
are In macy respects tho nott rem
On recora. In this lectnrc which be p
lisees In the BraiA Ntdacal Journal ne si's
aud Eng, or. ~ they row sigr them.eIvn
Ching and Eng BunktT, are now ~
yea1s Of age They were TWO OF ssrEn
children; the n:st betDg naturally foIs.
when Infants they were a1lR.4
face 10 ace, hut ips:tuctire efforts IRON =
earliest age have so far elore ated the bank
to eu1ble them 70 adopt an imPes'es! ia
E,ry.iookiug men; Eng. the taller Of :.
two, beirg only fve fest Two and half ire..
Chang, an iuch shorter. They use -
outer legs mese than the inner; by stand :!
and .heas arc the larger u ctrcunlcser"
Theee Is no inversion Of position oi The aeaa;
and other organs, rs Professor Allen Iiac
ron. Of Glasgow, has shown TO oe the c-s:tA
law 10, relation to uttted twins. Sri:..
Of; Che resparatlons nor ctculations q! y
two brothers are syuchronou.. E1lu'ued5
Edfaburgh BY Dr. Aiken, when they r.
suffering from Influenza, .the Fus.e =
ono was twenty-four beats to The ui:-:::s
quicker thAn the ether Examined this Fot
ID Londo1 by s,r Henry Thomson ard \:
Etnesa Hart, the1e 1a%' les diIszence-t7-
nnlsaiio1s h the minute. In thcir chsm;tl
asHell as thelr organic functions. thief n
| shown By Sir James simpson to be two II:
| arate mud distinct tutiv1dnals. TheJ c.
| vAie. aMim and run THEY ire keen .pas4
| mtu and good shots; intelligent, wellic
formed, md good men OF business. r.!
arr naturally much accustomed to in !at-.
Sams coLveIsation, but can each easily ei::!
yhuals- They sometimes read separs:t'7,
each TO himself; morn often Que sl5.:
Id tbs other, Their minds, indeed, Z:
| more dual than Their bodies the ia.'g: l,
united together, hut the former are n1t. T:
tand Of nnlon IS toEued par-1y hy tue e1ss:
sion Of the cartIlsges Of the bEeast.hoae' i:
four luches aot 4 half long, and eight l1ets
and 4 hall In circumference. Wneu the ~
y As1a ks,Essea fe1s;a ala13 iiiiiaifS = -
stimuli ,aueously. Nevertheless, from t1;e-
uc0ts which Sir James Simpson hss md
with drugs, he concludes thst the ysscna
couueIlon between the TWO brothers i coc
/ pAr1ttrely very small. Ou the question Of l.
surgical sepafstlon OF the slamese ITla'
i. "Chang and Eng" says Sir James sinrso:
! " have 1hen selves no desire 10 be surEieafl
l 24TN2Eu lUlH GAAA Vh4lC4s o4k otA4- " -
. relatives aud families have become an1iot
; that they should be separated, Il It were pa
: slh1e to do 80. The operation Is ctrta!n1
: possible, md would be attended With ll'tl
l ox INDEED, no difficulty but It would be
t pezilious in Its character that Ire tfu
. could not, In my opinion, be tusiaed II u
0 mittine TO 1t, Of any surgeon tas:ided N P
= fcrmtug It." He then enters into detaAa
! Justify this opinion. Chang and Erg
, | m4xried to t~o sste1, the cans
Q tara of an AmeEcan cIe3ss}I7,
:. Each brother has nine Children. 7
family Of Eng consists Of fiE =
. and three daughters the family OF tha'
|. eonafsts Of three sons aud six daughter
u Thek nrst children were born within to'
> or four days Of each other p; the Others ~
a regular intervals. Chaug's ninth child
u BON three months ego.
d ST. ". Ferguson has carefully e1anlr
/. the twtns, aud, va understand, eoncn,
J, the general opinion of surgeons that. I
: tute ical separation Vonh be most likely
G tcrded with tAtal consequences, cot so I11
d Oh aceount OF any obstacle presented u !
; structure Of The milling band OF t1e.h a5
: morai effect OF the disunlon on tte
9 brothers.