Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-31
SIAMESE TWINS
DIE; OPERATION
IS NOT ALLONED
Brother Refuses to Give
Consent to Separation Of
Bodies Joined at Hip
Since Birth.
DIV The AssocIntcd rress.l

Chicago. March 3O.-Josefa and
Rosa Black. the Siamese Twins
died at q hospital here today a.
2:37 o'clock. Josefa's death oC-
Cured first and was followed in Is
few seconds by the death of her
sister. Physicians had declared
early in the night that in the event
of the death of one of the sister,
the other would die inasmuch as
their brother, Frank Black. had
refused to permit an operation
which would separate their bodies
The twins had been in a hospital
10 days. JOsefa was i'll with yell
low jaundice which was caused by
pneumonia. Shortly before her
death Rosa was was afflicted with
bronchitis.
Following the refusal of the
brother to authorize the operation,
DR.. b. H. BreakstOne, chief Of the
surg cal staff of the hospital de-
clared this morning that it would
be impossible to save one of the
twins in the event of the Others
death.
Dr. Breakstone explained that a
delicate operation would have been
necessary. Before their death h.
had expressed the opinion that
the physiological 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 joins them could be
severed.
Although the twins possessed
separate respiratory and cardiac
systems, DR.. Breakstons explained
that they had only one set of sec
ondary digestive and provocative
organs. The operation. he said,
would have neCessitated the build
inc up of a part Of the digestive
and other essential organs to save
the life OF one twin.
Rosa was once married, her
name being Rosa Black Dvorak
She is survived by normal year
old boy. Her husband was a captain
in the German army and was
killed in action In 1917. She was
married Is years ago. Josefa
never married.
The little son. Franz, has been
at the bedside of his mother. who,
until within the last few hours
was less critically i'll than Josefa.
The twins We're the second Off
spring of a normal parentage in
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 IS years. The mother
died a year ago at the age of 65
years.
During a tour of the world the
twins acquired considerable wealth.
They died without making a will.
Medical records recalled by physi-
clans who have been interested in
the case disclosed number of So
called Siamese twins. The original
Siamese twins, Chang and Eng,
lived to the age Of ga. They mar
ried sisters and Chang had six
children and Eng five. all Of them
normal. Eng died first and sur
geon separated them. Chang died
soon after.
Twins that have attracted world
wide fame include the Hindu sis
ters, who are Joined face to face.
the connection being at the chest;
the Newport twins, somewhat sim
liar to the Hindu twins; the Orissa
sisters, Raddica and Doddica.
joined side to side; the Biddenden
maids, connected shoulder to
shoulder with only two arms; the
Hungarian sisters, Helen and Ju-
dith. Joined back TO back at the
lower segment of the spine, and
the North Carolina sisters, Mile
and Christine, joined as were the
Hungarian sisters: and the Bohe-
mian twins, Rosalia and Josepha
connected in the same manner as
the twins who Just died. Their
connection was through the pelyis
the right hip of one and the left
of the other being fused together,