The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-19
LIKE sIAMEsE TWINS.
Fate Played These Two Little Girls
an Unkind Trick.
From the New York Herald,

Persephone was not quite decided
whether or not she should give twins to
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Koehler Of No. s42 East
Forty-second street. and the result is a
pair of baby girls whose bodies are
strangely united.
The newcomers, who arrived on Monday
night, present a phenomenon which has
no parallel IN medical annals. The babies
are Joined diagonally from the lower part
Of the spinal column to the upper part
Of the pelvis. 1t is believed that the bones
known as the sacrum and coccyx are
Identical in both bodies. Another singular
feature Of the case is that the children
though Joined at the back, are able to
face to the front, owing to some elasticity
Of the ligaments and flesh at the place of
Juncture: They have each the complete
quota OF organs and limbs separate and
distinct.
DR.. Sigmund Tynberg, the physician who
Was summoned, and who lives at No S21
East Forty4second street, regrets the
publicity given to the event. He fears
ne VIII be accused of professional dis
Il was anxious that the knowledge of
this occurrence should come before the
public only through the proper medical
records" he said As yet only one phv-
stefan besides myself has seen The chill
dren, and he Is DR. Hardin, president of
the County Medical Society. He agrees
with WI me me IN believing the case without ex-
When the question of operating to
separate the children came up we re-
solved to move slowly. The dangers are
great, death being sure to ensue if there
IS common arterial system and at pres
emf the children are in such good health
mat ar, We are letting well enough alone.
1 reel II Is better to wait until the prom
lnent surgeons of the city shall have pro-
houhced their verdict on the case"
me babies together weigh about four
teen POUNDS but their is quite difference
IN their size, one being fully a pound and
halt heavier than the other. While they
are ar Oh German parentage, they promise to
The father is S5 years old, the mother 80
and both are of good stock. Mr.. KoehleI
Is "a, caterer and has been in this country
oyeg. years he Is not particularly happy
has awarded him. but as vet
ne ne has ;, not enllghtened The
formation of the children as ii is feared
that the shock might fnjure her The only
otheT child little, girl about a year and
halt old, Is healthy and normal
MIs- hoehler IS getting on very we'll
announcer unusual thing, since records show
That events of this character are attended
| with great peril to the mother.
There have been over six similar cases
ana curiously enough divided among six
dlterent nations--Hungarian African
Italian, Siamese, American and Indian
me frst Is the historic case of Heller
and Judith, the Hungarians. now dead
who were born back to back united abov.
me Walstllne. The Tocci twins, &C Italian
seums here, form the next instance al
though they are, thrown somewhat out
OF the category through having had only
| two legs They were united side to side
| The third case is that of Mille-Christ
ing, known in the museums as the Dou.
bleheaded Nightingale They are ne.
| crosses born in the south and are unitef
! at the back. In all of the instances where
/ there has been this kind of union the twin.
nave never been able TO look at each other.
/ face.
The most remarkable Of all cases is thai
! OF the celebrated Stamese twins Eng ant
| Chang. They were born on the coast oi
/ Siam, in 1911 and were united ait the an,
! terror part of the chest by a prolonga tior
| OF a kind of feshy band All efforts to sep.
arate ,, the two men without jeopardizine
They married two sisters and settled
down near Salisbury N. c., on a vel
stocked plantation, after having attracted
i a vast amount of attention among Ncien.
1 lists. The twins died on January 90 1874
| Chang expired suddenly of paralysis anC
/ the other twin died two hours later, hav
| ing been in heavy stupor during the in
| terim.
Mrs. Henry Jones, who lives near Ko
komo, Ind, gave birth to twin girls in
| separately connected at the hips and lower
| abdomen, in June, 1887. No vital parts arr
| connected except the spinal column, which
Is continuous from one end to the other
Each breathes and pulsates independently
! OF the other and both are perfectly formed
! and have free use of their limbs
Radica and Doddica, two girls. eigh
| years old, and natives of Orissa, India are
] attached from breast TO breast by flexi
| BILE bony connection, below which there
is visceral attachment. If food is gdver
to one, the other is satisfied, and if medi
| cine - administered to one. both are af
/ fected. A most curious circumstance i.
that when a sentences is begun by one child
the other frequently finishes it. Wher
sleeping, one girl lies on her back and tht
| other on her side. which gives an idea o.
twins are Intelligent, and talk English
| fairly well.