More " Attached " Twins.

Manawatu Herald, 11 July 1893, Page 3

More " Attached " Twins.

Among the Whitsuntide attractions at the London Royal Aquarium the Arissa Swiss sisters, who are being introduced to the public under the auspices of Capt. Column, are by no means likely to be overlooked. The sisters Arissa were born at Noapara, a province in India, and are now about four years of age, and their births caused great trouble among the entire population. They are rather lair for Indians, and, unlike the Siamese twins, are joined by a bony and cartilaginous part, surrounded with flesh, which goes from the sterium of the one to that of the other. This excresenoe is about four and a half inches, and a trifle bigger in width. Each of the sisters have healthy internal organs, and are well formed. At their birth, at the instignation of the Brahmins, the inhabitants put the whole family in prison, under the pretence or supposition that the newly-born twins were the incarnation of the devil. Nothing was done with the children, and they were found in a starving condition in the jungle. A press and medical view was held, when it was seen that although they have each equal intelligible powers, they are very affectionate. They sit and play together, and there is a most candid understanding existing between them.