The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-23
SIMILARITY BETWEEN TWINS.

.rticle entitled the History Of Twins, as t
Criterion on the Relative Powers Of +
Nature and Nurture The materials on
which the article was based were {
obtained by sending circulars con- )
aiming thirteen groups of questions to
wins or persons intimately acquainted 5
With twins. Mr.. Cation distinguishes
three classes, those strongly alike, mod ,
sratey alike and extremely dissimilar,
adding that when the twins are Of diff
ferent sexes they are never closely alike.
In eighty reported cases Of close SINH
larity, thirty.fve entering very fully in
to detail there were few where not
single point of difference could be specl-
fed, in the remainder the hair and eyes
were almost always identical. and the
height. weight and strength generally
very nearly so. The manner and add
dress are usually very similar; the into
nation VIXEN speaking commonly the
same, though it frequently happens that
the twins sing in different keys. Similar
ity is very rare in the handwriting.
Mr.. Cation cites many mistakes made
by near relatives. Notwithstanding the
tying oe Distinguishing ribbons to
them one is often fed. physicked
or whipped by mistake for
the other. In one case doubt re.
mains whether the children were not
changed in their bath; in another an ar
fist engaged to paint the portraits of
twins. had to lay aside his work, and
when he resumed it he could not say to
which child the respective likenesses be-
longed. In many instances tutors could
not distinguish between their pupils. One
twin sister would take two music lessons
on the same day to give the other h IL
day. Two twins were fond Of playing
tricks, and complaints were frequently
made; but the boys would never own
which was the guilty one. and the com,
plainants were never certain which OF the
two ne was. One mead master used to
say he would never fog the innocent tor
the guilty. and another used to hog both.
One twin brother visited another at Coz
lege, and the porter refused to lie: hun
out because he did not know which was
entitled to depart. Other brothers con-
stantly changed partners at balls
without discovery. Children arr usually
quick in distinguishing between
their parent and his or her twin; but Mr..
Il
He knows of four or five instances OF
doubt during an engagement OF marriage.
Thus: "a married first, hut both twins
met the lady together for the first time,
and fell in love with her there and then.
r A managed to see her home and 10 gam
. her affection, though Il went sometimes
. counting in his place, and neither the
, lady nor her parents could tell which was
. which, One lady remarks that kissing
her twin sister was like kissing part o
, herself, as her hand, and not like kissing
another person. The author suggest:
i. another experiment, to try how FAR dogs
Z could distinguish between twins by scent
= or strange mistakes between twins II
). middle life, two cases are cited; ont
;. where an officer returned from India afte
A four years absence, and was addressed b.
:. his father, 81 thought YOU We're in Lon
). dom and another where an aged mothe
!, had nervously expected the return of he
# son from India, his ship being overdue
and when he entered. said to him, mi'
- taking him for the brother who live
= with her, mo, no; it's bad joke; 20
: know how anxious | am" As a curiot
: feature, Mr.. Gallon notes the apparer
:. neutrality-suspicious.. both of expressio
a and character.
In seven Of the thirty five cases of clio:
:. similarity both twins suffered from SON
:, special aiment or had some exceptions
:. popularity. Two sisters had the defe
-. Of not being able to come down stat
>. quickly, which was not born with the
II but came on at the age Of twenty. A
,r other pair Of twins had a slight conger
-, tai Texture of one Of the joints OF the |;
~ tie finger: it was inherite from gran
: mother. but neither parents, brothers
~ sisters. show the least trace of 1t. In a
M other case one was born rupsured ar
Ill the other became so at SIX months o!
;ai Two twins at the age of twenty thr
-, were attacked by tooth-ache. and 4
~ same tooth had to be extracted in ca
ii. case.
cd There arc curious and close eorr'
in. pondences mentioned in the falling-ofi
en-. the hair. Two cases are mentioned
re. death from the same disease. III one
cy. brother died Of Bright's disease. and
lIy survivor died OF the same complaint sey
ere months afterwards. In nine out Of
90, thirty-five cases it appears that b,
lcn IWtnS nS AtS
nrh the same time. There are a
loa, cited the recorded instances Of pathol
hey ical resemblance to twin brothers Attic
with asthma and rheumatic apthal
lars (Trosseau' ''Clinique Medscale. quo
ono in Darwin sVariation under Domest
tod TONY and in two insane brothers
,set Moreau's Psychologist Mcrbide J. In
the latter case both brothers considered tn
ma. selves subject to persecution By the $
, for enemies, who adopted the same me
.rtv. and even when confined in separate
, the lsms they would at irregular interva
than time, but usually on the sarne day, r
ntry themselves from their prostration. n
70 ms the same complaint Of detention and
! ~. sire liberation. Mr. Gallon sent the
4 the in this case to the pruslinent physi'
! 4. to the insane in England. asking if
onss. had ever witnessed anything similar
race received in reply three noteworthy
:, on stances, though none as exact IN
- r.rallelssrn Another curious II