The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-31
DENY DOCTORS
TWIN BODIES
Coroner Respects Request
OF Brother of Dead
Women.
SURGEONS CURIOUS
Sisters Allowed to Remain
Together in Death as
In Life.

CHICAGO. March 30.-A permit 20
conduct pos: -noriem examination
or Iosefa and Rosa Black. the
famous "Siamese Twins" VINO died
here today. was denied by Coroner
Peter HOFFMAN. following an inves-
tigation by his Office.
me inquiry. he announced, re-
HeaIed no circumstances that would
warrant the examination.
Wide Medical Interest,
Consequently, leading surgeons
and medical men who gathered here
when the twins first became m.
early in the week. will be denied
opportunity for examination in the
interest OF medical science. The
twins were declared to present one
OF the stfanGfst cases on record,
and interest among the medical
profession was natiom-wile.
In statement to the coroner.
III. BenJamin II. Breakstone
charged that the twins were given
a powerful injection. usually used
Tor a blood disease, late wednesdav
and that they were allowed to lie
with their heads on a level with
their bodies. instead Of raised. Az
Is the treatment in pneumonia. 1t
IS charged that Frank Black. tn.
orother. who declined to allow spe-
cia'lsts to operate. had called In
announcer physician. and that all 9th
err doctors were excluded from the
room while the injection was given.
Two Minutes Elap.e.
Josela was seized with convuI-
sions at 2:20 this morning. and died
at 2:s5. Two minutes later Rosa
oied. kilograms from Mrs. Carrie
Hooecker. OF Welleston, -. fore
toid the deaths almost to the min
u'e. She said she had consulted
the ouiji board. which said the first
death would occur at 2:35 and &
seconds, Chicago lime. and a sec
ond message directed that The
bodies be separated. but not at the
base of connection.
Inc twins were Joined at the side
ana PACK, by a connection approx
ha'eiy root in diameter. 1t con-
.ained rigid bone. about four
inches thick. surrounded by soft
TISSUES. Automatically. the sisters
were two complete persons, al.
though they had a lower stomach
in common.
According to physicians. thew had
dlnerent likes and dislikes, Rosa
was tall and thin, while Josefa was
snort and stout. Because of their
community stomach" medicine
given one affected the other.
Their 6aafN 10 ffrih 4
eating. This caused congestion,
which ran into yellow jaundice of
the worst type. and caused amen
dicitis in Josefa. Since their arri.
val in the United States the twins
have INDUCED in orgies of food,
usually eating FIVE pounds OF mea,
every day, TO make up for the slim
fare they subsisted upon in war
ridden Europe. Physicians say
their systems were unable to as
simulate this amount of food.
Two days before their death. 10.
sefa developed pneumonia. Imme.
diately Rosa was stricken with a
bronchial affection which speedily
ran into pneumonia.
Rosa was married fifteen years
ago to soldier who was slain by
the Bolshevists on the Austro-
Russian front. She is the mother
OF boy now nearly IL years of age
In an interview some time ago
Josefa said that when Rosas baby
was born, she also suffered all the
pains of child birth.
Twins Cut Apart.
The original Siamese twins were
boys. connected at the spine. One
wanted to marry, and they agreed
to be separated. DR.. Bowen OF
Paris cut them apart One died
during the operation, but the other
recovered and married
Another remarkable case was
that of Lalloo. who appeared with
Barnum and Bailey's show, about
thirty years ago. LaIloo was a fully
developed man. but attached to him
was female body. which never
developed. however. beyond the age
of 3 years.