, 1874-01-28
THE S!AMESE TWINS.
The Deaths Of Chang and Eng.

The Deaths Of Chang and Eng
What Was the Cause Of Death, Sym
patty or Shock?
Was There an Essentially Vital Unio:
Through the Ligamont2
'""' A''N & C. f" Y"; =, )e9 esEft'''"e'''s 'f'"e Nc
During a brief interview with Dr.. William
Molliigswortl1, tic medical atto,ldant Of Il,
saameno Twins, ho explained thnL Ciiang Ind a.
nttack Of paralysis shortly utter returning fron
Europe last ycar; TINT he ind bcon suffering
IRON from pneumonia. Or sevcro lung cold, for til
paht month, and tllat llo ullo Doctor) boliovc,
| that 1t HaB exposure boforo lle had hii1iclonl
recovered from this 1nalady that preolr'tated hi
aeath. on friday Eng was nB ,is,lal-Ohanl
excellent Spirits and seemed renlarkallyy cheer
t tul ana sl'tightly. Chang, on the othor hand
M together With cortain stupidity resulting from
leu, and s''applsl, whom Hpolon to, which Of lat,
I was hlh accustomed conduct. All tho fam
| ily rotirel ut tho unual hour. Engs wifi
| asitl c!l1llrcn alcrt up stairs; tho twins
lug when ono Of Enp,a Sons hcnrj. ~ II,
| thought, cnll,from hin ul1ci9 Chang. Tesnonl
ing as quickly aa roasihlo ho a,no 'io,vn ~
mid going to tho eide Of the bod t1pon which lii
unclo Chaug Inv fouud him lyinf,' n,,narcntl, i,
doom sloep Int was stnrtioi },v tiia nhn s+i, IL
and singular appearance Of tic foaturos whioI,
wore much darkor than ho Ind avor scon iinn, nMu
boforo.
After closor examination tho boy fl}acovcrcd
his rluu1o waB dead, and. utlerillv nj nftrnnoat.
cd cry of ''-
"uSuLE CHANG IA nrApi',
alarmed the whole household, Ill Of whom spocd-
fly camo pouring into tho room in the,r ii RI T.
dfesses. '''6'
Vhllo tho boy still believes It woa hfs uno1o,e
yoice that called, everybody otyo feea conv;ncoti
thns it must have been E1g. Iia fatl,nr.
Tho tulnult causei by the doath Of Ohnnr, thu
hurry mud noiBo in sonding for tho doctor and
for Chang's wifo aud Children. nuat bnvo ',,t, ~
terribly shocked Eng TINT hie nervous avstc,n
becatuo completely prostralol md ho 'uar nnvnr
uttercd wnrd oxcent lid ninrlo oynroaoia.,
"And must die, too 'eS'A0'''
WHAT TIE PHYSICIANS FOUND
Two hours from tic Giucoyoryo Of chanr,a
death Dra. William lIollingsworih and Tayfor
arrived, only to find tie twins dood.
Correspondence long do YOU think Enr
had bocn tload when you arrival "' 44"s
DR.. Hollingsworth- more than ton or If
CorreBponlont-Do you think his acath waH
caused BY INV vital CONNECTION or artnry aau;,'
from one to the other through tho ligument thaf
united than ~ N"o"A'0' '1'"S
Dr.. Hollingsworth-I nm coptldept Tint r,r,a
death ,sas produced by no such cause. e .
Correspondent-Doy YOU not believe tho oxist-
onco Of somo such vital connection tlrourh tho
ligamcnt2 'o
DR.. Hollingswortll-I do not, because I 1,aye
attended, them WHOM one was sick aud tho other
u good healtll, and when tlero was aa much a.
twenty beats difference to the minute il, tleir
pulBation.
THE suooK 70 ENG.
Correspondent then, III your opinion,
caused Enga death?
DR.. Holllngswort1l- groat shock aud tor
ror Inspired by auch union with death. added
to which waR tho belief which prevailed botwoon
them TINT whom ono died tho otl1or would
TleHo combined tn dostrov hin mo,,fol fooul+io.
and pasalyze Lis physical energies, and lo suc-
cunlbed to tho dread vipitntion. ~ ''o ''As|
Correspondent-You do not think, then. tl,at
If tho ligament Ind boon severed his lfe would
hare been ahvea
Dr.. Holliugsworth-I do not I rathor think
that any operation, unless performed imnleii-
ntoly upon tho discovery Of Chanss doath.
"ould havo hastoned Ills Eng's) death.
= HOW THE DEAD uop1Es IooTEn.
Correspondent what appearance did they pre-
sent at first aftor death
IT. AolllngawoIth-Channg was little discol-
{ ho was asleep, 1n fact thought he was
sleeping uutil aacertained ho waB actually dead.
Correspondcnt-1a their appearance much al
cred eince' >~N' S
Or. Hollingawortl--Not materially,
Tuis conversation. in effect, took place on thu |
oad, DR.. William 11oinggworth not kuow,nc
'ho WAS addressing him.
On tho following morning presented mygelf
n tho capacity OF representative Of the MjaM |
yhen found him moro guarded in l,ia ovnrae' |
lions aud very reticont il giving opinions.
WHAT An OLD FRIEND sAys.
Upon my arrival al Mount Airy I found tha
oaidence OF tho twins was several mies from
he village, aud, the hour being very loto. l was
nablo to 60 there As tho Doctor's informntion
vas not entirely satisfactory next aou~ht and
btaincd au Interview with hfr. Isaao Ar1ntlcid.
Il old ultimate friend of tho twins. win ,xas
resent mud helped to iny them out after thair
omiso.
Mr. Arm6eld, asked, !" il it Your opinion
hat Eng died from tho shock of frivbt oo"n
lonod By his brothers death :" 'eo"'
lfr. Ar1ntoll-No. sr, it ia not, 7 nm m val,
atistlod that blood ilowod from one to TIM ~ otar
trough that connecting lgamont m that the
amo blood flows in my tight and loft arm WV
Corrospoudolt-T Vou tjl;ul, II w.u +,,o