THE LOCANA TWINS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1519, 30 November 1886, Page 4

THE LOCANA TWINS.

The Siamese Twins seem to hare found successors, according to the following : John and Jacob Toed, the Twins of Loeana, who have been shown in almost every city of Europe, are dying in Tienna. Their mother is a healthy eountry-wbman.. The boys resemble; each .other exactly, have pretty, delicate features, and are now in their tenth ysar. John and Jacob are separate as far as the sixth rib, and have one abdomen and one pair of legs between them. Jacob moves the right leg, John the left. The twins cannot walk, and keep their balance by lacing their arms around each other’s neck. Jacob eats often and heartily, and is the healthier of the two, and to all appearance it is he who keeps his brother alive. Two days ago the tw ius quarrelled over a toy, and John grew so excited that his heartblood suddenly ceased to flow, and he changed to a condition of complete lethargy, from which ,he had not awoke on the following morning. The boy suffered from the same coinplaidt a year ago in Berlin, and Professor Virchow then - declared that a recurrence of the lethargy would put an end to the twins life. A number of Vienna physicians are observing the malady, but they entertain little hope for John s life, and if John dies Jacob must follow him to the grave. The poor creatures are meeting with the same fate that some time ago put an end to the life of the Siamese Twins, the second ef whom died of poisoned blood-vessels, after having spent six terrible hours with the corpse of his brother. The advisability of an operation separating the living from the dead brother was discussed at the time, but before a resolution could be taken death , had done its work. The twins of Lobana, who for the last eight years have travelled to all the world’s shows, were to have toft for New York, where Barnnm is said to hive engaged them for a year. In the event of their death the parents have sold their body to a; London anatomical museum for the price of £B,OOO.