Lives, adventures, anecdotes, amusements, and domestic habits of the Siamese twins : one of the greatest wonders of the present time, being two perfectly formed persons, whose bodies, by a singular caprice of nature, are united together as one / by J.N. Moreheid.

  • Moreheid, J. N.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Lives, adventures, anecdotes, amusements, and domestic habits of the Siamese twins : one of the greatest wonders of the present time, being two perfectly formed persons, whose bodies, by a singular caprice of nature, are united together as one / by J.N. Moreheid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is in no respect deceptive ; and farther, that there is nothing whatever offensive to delicacy in the said exhibition. These youths have passed their eighteenth year, are in possession of full health, and extraordinary bodily strength; display all the faculties of the mind to their fullest extent; and seem, in fact, in every respect, to enjoy a state of perfect happiness and contentment. Hon. Leigh Astley Cooper, Thomas Copeland, R. C. Headington, W. B. Lynn, B. C. Broadie, B. Travers, Charles Locock, Francis Hawkins, James A. Wilson, E. C. Thomas, W. Reid Claney, J. Frost, . Wm. Blizard, J. H. Greene, Geo. Langstaff, James Duke, Henry Halford, Thomas, Pres. Royal Col. Sur. J. M. Latham, John Webster, Wm. Babbington, J. A. Paris, Geo. Birkbeck, Anthony Carlisle, J. McBraire, J. D. Broughton, J. Harrison Curtis, William Clift, John Ashburner, Wm. Manning, Edward Stanley, E. H. Phillips, Henry Hunt, John Scott, &c, &c, &c. Having seen and examined the two Siamese youths, Chang and Eng, I have great pleasure in affirming that they consti- tute a most extraordinary Lusus Naturce, the first instance I have ever seen of a double living child. They being totally devoi 1 of deception, afford a very interesting spectacle, and lire hi glily deserving of public patronage. (Signed), Joshua Brooks.