The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-03-06
Chang and Eng Perfect Feasibility Of
-heir Separation.

Our reEsFalA elis5r are again -FesGAtlHs
an writing romaut5c article ~ tie above QUE
-C-. uIcs-s4 tT re l--e--isu that N----- Can
ard 81 are ab5ur vl-i-i1z PARE o trI a -1--e-u
bid e-1Ezh p undertake tbeir -~era-lL-- Tie
whole increment i huJ au1-he- evidence u the
LuzL-lt-e 5-UllaLce q tbe public ll L-el-e1l
matters. and ~ n Tr-reu- l----t which tie
word alEzg= axe IN v-1pTIuE eFe--1Ug on
le-el Ei-h -Ee human sy-t-M i1 tle ErI--e--
mystery Tee never Lz- t=eu o question ala1r<
uslial men. either 30 The country " Elr1Ie- n
u-Ezr1 - tie fez-5 1--rT q re --sl--l1 =
t1-- two iaIsFi-lzl- rz- thes are -~J He-l---
LzsiI- L.--.ac-. --re-oel Or--Elu---- one
fra rle J-ler a. any D--eE rHJ I--lv4-Ll.-- L1t
-ler- j. ~ Tav-.el. moral - mental cultE t
tween tlzla- -Le only e1l-e-i1n beng q snort
erla-l1u- ard I-u-ezu-e--z- i-1-- -u-ln =
rle two tire -evelD1e 1f which would u al
Tr1hatiii-y - entirely harule-. tE- - -a-
rsrr-. 1rv1l- suFr--.lu. rly--c-- LJ-tI-- Ecl-
IT, ~ uerylmeutal lyDlitIYE ever eL-4Tltrl q
- rly-izl entity in -heir DIAL corporal ezi-tense
that Lev tEEe % u-I-r - cl-eeT-l#u- l4l--r--
th1lznt-. ETC.. that % never Wa tie T-J.--l IA
8rIll1u that IRE Ce-l % one o! the brothers
L--- Insanity - fllJwci bT thar % tre other
Or that their -cTaratilu wJlll he -urrluE1rl 10y
fearful di=clits=, and tL4c rae Ink now binding
item rg-e-Ler j. Mt q UezI- o. perfect lly-E-l
union ~ which sensations - lLT-e-l9l- are
cJaseyz1 frJn one o The other. There !. IL
tacc. nothing more Common p--ween the >iALle--
than what would have been acquired ty any
IrLeE rW1L- lL-4--I4LN-F E1a4LrH4 |F p --4AA CT 20
metallic cord and subjected - tDer have ever
ben, % precisely similar circumstances from
birth. Inlesi. tie baE1 uniting tLe-l = alu.=-
iu-sn=i5le. ~ much - thar an -~hII-bJ2ru- they
were YllleL about with a rUIe tied @ Il No
rul-ati1y ye--el ha- ever bclu detected IN H..
though. undoubtedly, il J. just here and ~ where
e--e. II TIE centre u this o,ri. male ~ O: g-i-t-e
and skin and fr ab-g; an iDci On either side,
thai there ara ve--eL- and nerves cJIuU--caIuE
from one . another Here, but nowhere e-e a
touch On TIE SPACE il1!cztci = felt ~ both
Precisely ber-. aI1 here alone. III the hand unit
Ing tbeIu there J. . sensation, and nothing &c
whatever common q both. Il they are Inclined
. e1t. sleep. etc. with similarity, AMI agree al
wave in their taste AID habit. we must IecoLcct
tlat their -u1JunliHE-- positions, ETC., have al
ben T~-eri-eiy alike. Pe,Ile forget, to. that
one q ;hem j. tie larger. stronger and more IN
-~e.!izenr. and lie controls tLe other lis slight
90 movement j. followed hy the weaker one from
and nat. - I- ..Lerillr -EEIl-e1- from
unity Il viii OF Harmonious action Ilcy play
one a-aIu-t tie other. AMI lave quarreiei
-l-etier il-- ike other god brethren and more
than once. While ~ -z. one wanted % take a
bath. o. which tie OtLer objected, and tic
had - interfere . produce n rccDncIlia-
lion. H.w abzurd. tlen. u talk of perfect con-
--u-aEeJu= thought. action, ETC.. between them.
The decision gwen by tie profession III Europe
lui America. = year. ago, when the csI-c was
ir-t up On exhibition, We tLat tic AgamCnt Of
union Wa eirtilagInJus. probably a IrDlOngauVn
Il Lar F4--4AE-4 fa4l44aEF rum AasE rAE4i4tslA- NlAA
.Ae chief, Il not the only objection - it, division,
las ieen that the peritDneum might be involved
u the operation. IL wa. moreover, not one de-
nandsl by surgery, for the twins had lived, and
night Vet live fJr years the question Of scIara-
i'm, therefore, Wa with themselves or their
guardians, and not the profession. There were
10 Engagements, no difference among tic doctors
~ this subject. The case was involved in no
nystery. and the diagnosis was easily made; the
onion Lancet Of 1890, even declared that IL was
more rare than curious. By the cerasuer or
,niie any student who has attended a course of
ectures NAV perform this operation with success,
nd which. moreover, should be attempted even
" any one IN case Of death, taking care u divide
lac Parts nearer the one deceased. 1t would ap-
then, that there are NJ good reasons why
hc=e HatuTalized Asiatics should have been per
littcd 20 violate tie seventh commandment by
CmmOn consent, without even q Tebuke.
rs there exists no academy Of physicians and
urgeOns IN Paris, the Siamcse may &c on a Wild
OOse chase, which their family physician might
prevented, "a well - the Wild and ianciiul
populations regarding them which are now crowd
~ our daily newspapers. The scientific world,
especially those engaged in the study of
Iedic!nc and surgery, a. the press il kind enough
D Ob-erye, may not, therefore, De " intensely IN
sre-tel" after all, and the public may be free
gain % direct their attention 20 something more
Important and better understood than the coll
separation Of Chang and Eng.=lLOiIs-
iHc Medical JOlHHGL.