The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-24
Tim S,amese Nvonder


(MR. EDrToR The following was not intended
for publication, but by request a copy was al
lowed to be taken and sent to the Rutland Herald
and inasinuch as 1t appeared 10 a badly mutiiatsd
condition, you VIII confer ia ,or to let it appear
In the REGISTER In its original form
SAID To HAVE BEEN DELIVERED BEFORE A
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
GENTLEMEN There have few isolat.
ed cases come into my possession, which it
Is very proper should he given to such
body OF men as see before me represent.
lug the progress of their profession in this
golden age of medicine and surgery, TO
whose skill is indebted the 70 great per.
lection Of the art of treating aud trim
ming the human body, and Tor which you
may let your hearts turn in grateful re.
membrance to tho indefatigable efforts
and humane interests OF our much esteem.
ed aud learned friend Dr.. Twisttheniints
who sacrificed them for my use and your
instruction.
They are chiefly limited to the narrow
range OF human monstrosities. OF these
| have chosen the one 10 which is the
most thrilling interest, and is especially
pertinent subject of review at this :me.
| mean the wonderful world famed two.
fold son OF Siam. This patient in his
Younger days was Of most peculiar .truc
'ure, snt the most celebrated for his
rhys'qie OF any yet descended from
Alan. not excepting Gen. Thumb, or him
who had his hinds whore his feet ought
to be, and wa b,th ii lille and descend
ible because double nuted hear where
his jack knife lay. This most remnrk. A.
Bile specimen Of msliormation and dem.
onstratou Of the provcrh that "human
woes never come single but double, gives
rise to the discussion OF various disputed
questions.
foa are 10 doubt all Of you already
placing your feet to rise successfully to a
point OF order" because have taken
,nch liberty Of language as to refer to
theni as nc. But the mistake, il mistake
1t is, is deliberate one. can no long.
er agree with the popularity received opin
lon' and sneak Of this person in the plural
number, He is one, and onlg one. aud |
can not but think that his marriage rels.
tups are the most successful case of big
amy TINT has ever openly attempted to
cheat the law. say he is one. not tro
| will not even allow that he is trims
Who ever heard Of twins being born both
at the same time Either one or the
other always makes his advent little be.
lore his iniantlc fellow companion. Well,
that being admitted now then, thi, twiy
Of Siam was all born at one aud the
same instant, and the same beat OF the
heart. therefore, by syllogism. he is not
t,ci,S, but one and the same individual 10
two well defined halves, wearing two suits
Of clothes. Never was the application
made with more propriety than BY the
wives of this human quadruped. when
they allude to their husband as their
better half"
lie was given two names, merely as a
matter Of convenience. You will readily
see that it is easier to call one side Chan
and the other Eng, than to call him all
Chang and be obliged to designate the
different parts as hang on the right side
""u OuopS VII tho ieit. DuI tnlS matter
Of naming is no concession of the point
and for convenience, I shall unite the two
in what would be in English Changing.
but which for euphony l shall pronounce
Shang Eng. Passing from these incon.
trovertible facts of testimony, and suppos.
ing the point not yet proven. ! think
that on psychological grounds, it can be
placed far beyond doubt, into the bright
:ranslucency of conviction, anil made as
hard to deny, as hunger in fnmiue. as
that peanuts grow from the seed, or that
bushes were plenty in the garden OF
Eden, and made as plain as an ink blot
on love letter, or u hole iu your knee,
that Chang Eus's entity is unity. Why.
just let your eye stride across aud encir.
Gle the salt sta wave, until in the eastern
! world it peer Into the rustic apartment OF
"a humble Siamrse mu'h-r uouri,hing ner
double mouihcd CLIPPING. aud you canlin'
hat observe how when Chang is seized
with emptin"ss at stomach aud sets ur
his hungry cry, Eug likewise goes for his
milk Simultaneity Of emotions Dou't
you see ?
But this unity Of feeling manifested it.
self 10 other ways. Their impulses were
always the same, whether for fun, misery
or mi,chlef. Ii Chang is quarreIsome
with his playmate, Eug is mad also. Let
Chang Eog be out hunting, land by the
way, he was a rare sportsman). if Chang
hears woodpacker rattle bis bill on
dry limbs twang goes Eng's aur ,cular stir.
rap on the tympanum aud he Instructive.
y sights his piece on ;hc bird. aud when
Chang runs TO pick up the game. Eng
obeys the impulse uDd waits 10 asking
In short there is no use discus ing; il
must i'll the eud he admitted that Chang
Eng was one man with duplicate trunk
aud menihers This was fully verified
by IL single act later iu life. viz: Chang
had no soouer become enamored of. aud
conceived desire for the hea ven selected
bride Of his heart in earthly matrimonial
connections. than Eug began to banker
for her sister.
But must forebear further ,respas-
upon your pa'ierce. Time iorbids that
| should here give full aud complete an
alysis of this case in lis bearings upon
scientific truth and public interest. Yet
If any Of you are anxious to pursue this
investigation further as hints to proper
source of information and successful la.
Dor, | would say that the wide world with
all its facts are open to you without re.
serve, after which being thoroughly stud.
led, knock the dust from the lids of my
Model Science Of the species in Eastern
Countries and then when with wriukled
brow, bedinmed ye,and enfeebled body,
YOU will in despair turn in mournful ap.
peal to the learned aud wise. for this gold.
en- grain Of knowledge, the voice Of all
christendon. yea, OF all the universe shall
join in terrible wall until the gentle