The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29
Judge Cloud Declines t2 Take
Action in the Matter.


lively refused to be allowed. In behalf OF science
and the laws OF our state may ask that you will
order to the Coroner OF Surrey county, North Caro-
lima, compelling him to hold an inquest over the
20 Sodles az wn ne p ost.mcrtem examnation snan
fully, r. K. GREGORY, NJ b.
P. S-Answer bv telegram.
cult Of the Superior Court in which Judge Cloud
presides.
In reply to the above telegram Dr. Gregory re-
ceived the following
Dr. X. X. GREGORY, Greensboro, N. U. az.
.I'' THOMAS SETTLE,
III I. Associate Justice Supreme Court.
In the meantime the bodies, as already reported
in the HERALD. owing to the improper manner In
which they were "bOxed up" are approaching, II
they are not now in, an advanced stage OF decom-
position. and II something is not done at once it
will soon be impossible to have the proposed
autopsy.
Philadelphia Physicians on to Mount
Hu Airy.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. q. 1874.
Tomorrow morning DR.. Pancoast, with several
other leading physicians of this CITY, Will leave for
Mount Airy, N. G., to make an examipatio Of the
remains OF the Siamese Twins letter was ex-
pected to-day from Dr.. william HoIlingsworth, of
Mount Airy, but 1t did not come. The physicians
are now going without any advces.
Dr. PancOast Is very reticent about the AFFAIR,
but 1t is believed that satisfactory arrangements Tor
viii hardly reach the home of the twins before
Saturday morning.
Additional Medical observations ON the
Twins.
TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD
0vu uoufnu
Twins during the early years OF their public exit
bition beg to state the conclusions to which l
then arrived, and which have been, think, con-
hrmed by their death -
FtrstOne paoento supplied them with blood
rom their mother when IN uter0. and one umbili.
cal cord and one set OF umbiical vessels conveyed
birth. This 70 proved BY their having but Que
navel or place where the umbllcal vessels entered
their bodies and that on she anterior aspect in the
centre OF their connecting ligament.
Second-The one umbiltcal vein which conveyed
the pure blood Of the mother from the placentd to
or large vein in the centre Of the connecting lga-
ment, which common vein, passing through the
ngament into the body OF each child, conveyed the
blood through the liver TO the heart OF both chill
dren.
Third-The t:ood, after circulating through each
child and becoming impure, was returned through
the descending aorta and common lilac arteries e
the two internal lilac arteries OF each child, which
uniting In the centre OF the connecting ligament
formed two lilac arteries common to both children
which poured the blood into the two umbilica.
arteries OF the umbilica cord which conveyed It to
Rostysh-At the birth or the twins the destruction
OF the umbfical vessels In the umbihCal cord did
not ana could not destroy the blood vessels com
ing lgament with which the umbtlical vessels had
been connected ts utero; consequently the hearts
large vein and two arteries during life.
TINS Is proved by the arterial pu!sattons per
10 10 n NJ rhofp
heart beat when both were in health. which was
observed by DR.. Warren and every other careful
country and is not disprovsd By the statement Of
DR.. Holingsworth, because che increased action of
one when sick or exclted would not perceptibiy
normal state and unexcited.
FyuEThe heart OF Eng, although he was the
wei developed as that Of Chang This is frequently
observed In twins Consequently Eng could not
long survive the separation from his brother or
circnlation Of his Slooo: This is proved by the the
sSen With the oas1s Eng
the immediate iainting Of Eng when the now OF
blood between their hearts was INSTRUCTED by
COMPRISING che connecting hgament in Paris 70
test the safety of their being separated and BY the
plethory OF the cutaneous blood vessels OF Chang
giving MIN dark appearance, and the paleness Of
Eng showing want of strength In his heart to
throw the blood to the surface, or the lacK OF q
Sufficient supply Of blood which he had heretofore
EcCclNcI lIOu CuduB, III tue LtIue VI Cucu OeaC0.
StIth-Thetr connecting igament was composed
IN the upper and thicker part By the ensiiorm
cartilages OF their sternums uniting ana held TO.
gether with very strong hgRments next below
the three large blood vessels above described with
their fascta and connecting tissues, enveoped
also in strong lgaments, all supplied with the
small nerves and blood ana other vessels neces-
sary tor the life growth and strength Of the liga-
ment; the whole surrounded by o very tough thick
skin.
Sepenth-That the difference in the excitability,
temper, temperament or moral or intellectual
powers OF the twins Is no argument against the
connection Of their hearts, as the blood Is simply
the menstruum or medium through which nourish-
ment Is supplied to the system, and has no lnfu-
ence over the brain, the nerves any other organ
Of the body In state Of health other than to
yey the lood prepared by the digestive organs for
their n0urishment.
Etghth-Tnat the siamese Twins were separate,
distinct human beings, each possessing an account
able, immortal soul. That they would live united
to respectable age, would die II separated at any
time and that when one died the other would
speedily 1ollow-Eng sooner than Ohang-were the
deliberate conclusions to which most OF the
physicians In this country and in Europe arrived
who carefully examined them during the first years
OF their pubic exhibition.
1t 10 very desirable that postmOrtem exami-
nation may decide these important questions and
that such examination may be obtained for the
benefit Of pathological science.
NEW YORK, Jan. % 1874