The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-27
THE RUTLAND GLOBE TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 27 1874

OF the deceased could be obtained to
port-mcrtem examination, and until medi-
cal men could have an opportunity TO con-
suit. AS to the consent of the families the
most strenuous objection comes from an in
valid daughter in the last stages of con-
sumption, and other members desire to hear
from distant sous Of the deceased. one of
whom Is in California and two or three in
Missouri. The doctor with great fore
thought dissuadcd them from burying the
bodies in neighboring church-yard and
urged that it would be better to embalm or
preserve them as long as possible. TO do
TINS he had strong wooden box incascd in
tin. with charcoal surrounding the bodies.
and deposited the whole in the cellar of
the Westinghouse where the cold weather
will preserve the bodies at least two weeks.
NEGOTIATING To SELL THE RODiRs.
a Philadelphia dispatch of the 25th says;
1t is rumored very extensively that the er-
rand of DIR. Joe llollingsworth Of Mt Airy,
n. c., to this city to consult the medical
faculty of Jefferson college relative TO
post-inortem examination of the Siamesc
twins, is to dispose of the bodies for $40.
900.
a correspondent waited upon the doctor
one evening at the American Hotel. and
was Informed by that gentleman that the
proposition had been made to the faculty
but they, considering the figure too large.
were considering with the faculty of New
York college relative to a joint contribution
to sum necessary for the purchase.
a meeting of the representatives Of the
two faculties will be held soon, and the
question will be definitely settled.
The doctor also said that as the families
of the twins were adverse to any muliation
of the bodies, he thought that they could
hardly be induced to allow the remains to
be cmbalmed for the purpose of public ex-
hibition but as the families were not in af
fluent circumstances they might conclude
to allow a large pccuniary consideration 10
alter their present decision.
The doctor also said that if the ncroti-
atoms resulted favorably the bodies of the
twins will be brought to PHILADELPHIA for
an autopsy. The subject is exciting much
interest among the medical fraternity of
that city.
AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
a correspondent of the New York Xer-
atd from North Carolina. says: What the
proposed final disposition of the bodies of
the Siamese twins is to be. am not in
formed, but the report here says that they
are to be embalmed and disposed of at an
enormous price to some museum or medical
college, or placed on exhibition nj "A sum
equivalent TO the value set upon them by
the Mount Airy managers, who, of course,
will realize a handsome percentage out of
the transaction. All of this, however. is
to be subject to the decision of the mem
bers Of the families, who have been notified
of the death OF their parents. and are cx-
pectcd home at an early day
No effort whatever was made to perform
an operation on the ligamcnt with regard
TO ascertain whether there was an artery
passing through it or not. as that would
have materially interfcrcd with prospective
greenbacks, and present spcculatons would
have been nippel in the bud. Embllmed
and preserved as they are, the bodies of the
twins will have Il market value from which
money can always be realized by those hav
ing possession of them. The ligaments.
cut in the interest Of science, the curiosity
would he destroyed, and consequently the
separate dead bodies would he of no value.