New Britain herald., 1922-03-30
SZAMESE TWINS BOTH DIE AS THEIR BROTHER REFUSES 70 LET DOCTORS
 TRY 70 SAVE ONE BY AN OPERA 77ON
One Twin Was Married and Is Survived by II Year Old Son-Sisters Die Within Few Seconds of Each Other.

died at a hospital here carly today Josefa's death occurred first and was followed in few seconds by tho death of her sister. Physicians had declared early in the night that in tho event Of the death Of one of the sis ters the other wonld die quickly. as their brother. Frank. Blazck, had re- fused to permit an operation which would sever their bodies .... The twins had been in the hosnital ten days, Josefa was i'll with yellow jaundice and that was followed by pneumonia. Shortly before her doat Ii Rosa was afflicted with bronchitis. Wouldn't Permit Operation. Preparations had been made for the severing operation and the phy sicians were ready to make every cf- fort to save the life of at least one of the women.
 Hope of saving the life of Josefa was abandoned at midnight, according to Dr. B. H. Breakstone, chief of the surgical staff at the hospital
 "I tried to get the consent of the brother to operate to save the life of Rosa, but he refused to give his permission" he added.
 Dr. Breakstonc explained that a delicate operation would have been necessary. Before their death he had expressed the opinion that the phys | iological affinity of the twins was so | vital that if one should die the other might also succumb before the band | of flesh and bone that joined them could be severed.
 Very Delicate Operation. l Altbeus!. the twins possessed sep arate respiratory and cardiac systems Dr. Rreakstone explained that they had only one set of secondary diges- 1 tive and procreative organs. The op- eration. he said, would have necessi- l tated the building up of part of the digestive and other essential organs to save the life of one twin. One Twin Was Married. Rosa was once married, her name being Rosa Blazek Dvorak. She is l survived by a normal II year ole boy. Her husband was captain 'r 1 the German army and was killed il 1 action in 1917 She was married II years ago. Josefa never married. The little son. Franz, has been al the bedside of his mother, who unti within the last few hours was less critically i'll than Josefa.
 I Had Normal Parents. | The twins were the second off spring of a normal percentage f- Czecho- -Slovakia AZ years ago. There were four other children, all normal and all still living. The father is also | said to be alive, his age being Se years. The mother died a year ago at the age of 65 years.
 Died lntestatc
 During a tour of the world the twins acquired considerable wealth They died without making a will al though their attorney, J. A. Triska has been at the hospital several days IT the hope that they would be in condl' ton to dictate the document.
 As the women grew weaker last night physicians pleaded with the brother to permit an operation, hospl- tai attendants stated. He was the only adult relative capable under the H. linois law of giving his consent
 Brother SteadfastIy Refuses.
 "No" the brother was quoted as having said. No, not even if Rosa lives for hours after Josefa's death There shall be no operation"
 Two hours past midnight pr Breakstone said there was no need of prolonging the argument with the brother.
 Tt is useless he said. 'Thc con- dtion of each is now the same-the condition that forecasts certain death An operation now would do no good.
 The two patients have had grad ual decline according to the char which hung in their sickroom The physicians said the women re- acted differently to the same medicine although their illness recently has been of the same nature.
 The Real "Siamesc Twins" | Medical records recalled by physi- clans who have been interested in the case disclose a number of so-called Siamcse twins. The original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, lived to the age of GA. They married sisters and Chang had six children and Eng five all of them normal. Eng died first first and a surgeon separated them Chang died soon after.
 Other Famous Twins.
 Twins that have attracted world wide fame include the Hindu sisters who were joined face to face, the con nection being at the chest; the New port twins somewhat similar to the Hindu twins; the Orissa sisters, Rad dica and Dodnica joined side to side; the Biddcnden maids connected shoulder to shoulder with only two arms; the Hungarian sisters, Helen and Judith, joined back to back at the lower segment of the spine and the North Carolina sisters, Millie and Christine. joined as were the Hungar- ian sisters, and the Bohemian twins, Roselia and Josepha, connected in the same manner as the twins who just died Their connection was through the pelvis the right hip of one and the left of the other being fused to- gether.