The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21
CHANG AND ENG.
DR.. Pancoast's Final Report on the
Oriental MOnstrOs ties.
Two Hearts and Two Dis
tinct Organizations.
THE GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED.

PHuADELPHrA. Feb 90 1874
the last point OF interest TO thepublic In relation
70 the siamese Twins Is now apparently settled.
II is the question which relates to their hearts,
toward the solution OF which the medical gentle
men are now slowly and tediously approach
ing, and which finds no place in the onicial
document. The report in the HERALD OF
Thursday anticipated by Just twenty -four
hours the ofacial statement of the phys-
clans, which made its first appearance
to-day. The peculiar abnormality OF the llvers, the
union OF the two In fetal hfe the strange manner
In which injection forced within the mesen
vein OF the one passed into the mesenterc vein or
the other, the interior structure OF the
connecting link, the position OF the two
pouches, or sacs, evident reflection OF the
pentoneal membrane and the fact that there
existed between the two but a common umbllical
cord, along with the nature OF the cartila-
ginous attachment from the srernum OF the
one to the sternum OF the other, were all
fully and accurately described in your columns,
and up to that time had not found appearance
elsewhere. These were the sole and only facts
incorporated within the Official report rendered
to-day, but were clothed IN all the incom-
prehensible techncalities OF the profession,
which your correspondent stated at the time he
was obliged TO pass by the board. The remainder
OF the report was a description OF the trip TO
Mount Airy which was published by you about q
month ago. There were certain statements then
made which find no place in the report-namey,
the circumstance OF the one who died nrst draining
all the blood from the one who died last, along
with many other minute particulars which were
OF the greatest interest to the public.
THE HEARTS OF THE TWINS.
There is nothing remaining now to investigate
save the peculiar position Of the hearts. The
hvers OF the twain were upon opposite sides and
laid in close connection. By the natural law OF
homologous union the positions Of the hearts are
the same. Their apexes incline towards each
other but unlike the livers, they could never have
been one and the same or, Of course both would
have died In the same hour. The heart of Eng is
upon the right side, and the heart OF
Chang s upon the left; hence that OF
one IL strangely ana abnormaly placed.
Fluid injected into the heart OF failed to
md its way to the heart OF the other, as was the
case when the hvers, located near the bond of
union were operated upon. This is the last fact
which establishes the individuality Of each. In
lie their sympathies, passions emotions, inclina-
lions and personal habits were decidedly and
sadly estranged, and this circumstance alone,
without any Keen anatomical scrutiny, would
have shown the individuality Of their heart and
brain. Two individuals brought from different ex-
tremes OF the world could nave passed through
the number OF years allotted TO the twins with
less disagreement and conflict than these two In.
congruous, unsympathetic children, forced con.
stantiy to bear each others burdens and CON-
plants.
TIE DEAD BODIES TO BE PUBLICLY EXHIBITED
There ia no further use of denying wha,
has already been indirectly limited at-namely
shat from the time the twins passed
from under the knife they became tn;
common property OF the country and the
world. When the last curious scrutiny Of science
shall have been SATISFIED and when one scans no
more the columns Of the daily papers to
learn the mysterious secrets of their union.
she two in public halls and theatres.
viii be exposed to view, and as the living jour-
neyed from place TO place, so viii the dead hither
and thther be freighted. The strict and stringent
contract with the family made known through
your columns indicates this, and every stage
OF the autopsy has been carried on with
such intent. The sympathetic and some
what cultured disposition Of the eldest daughter
shoulders and revolts at this, and the voices
of their children cry loudly out against it; but the
wives OF the twain, urged on, 1t appears by a few
individuals for the sake Of GAIN to be deter
mined and once again the siamese Twins will
appear TO the world, not living, breathing
souls-a strange freak OF nature-but as dull and
stark corpses-corpses rendered interesting only
because OF the sensation OF slow and weary post
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