Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins / by Harrison Allen.

  • Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins / by Harrison Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    AUTOPSY ON THE BODIES OF CHAN a AND ENG BUNKER, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SIAMESE TWINS. By HARRISON ALLEN, M.D., FKOPESSOK OP COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND ZOOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OP PENNSYLVANIA, SURGEON TO THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL, ETC. [Read April 1, 1874] ANTE-MORTEM HISTORY. Chang and Engt Bunker were born near Bangkok, Siam, in 1811, their father being a Chinaman, their mother a native of Siam, bred by a Chinese father.^ The twins were nnited by a band extending from the jnnction of the abdominal and thoracic cavities, anteriorly, constituting the variety in teratology known as Omphalopagus xipJiodidymus. They were married in April, 1843, and raised large families ; Chang having had ten, and Eng twelve chil- dren. Chang had three boys and seven girls; Eng had seven boys and five girls. These were in all re- spects average children, excepting two, a boy and girl of Chang's, who were deaf-mutes. The twins resided in a rolling country, about four miles from Mount Airy, Surrey Co., N. C. They were prosperous farmers, each owning his own farm. The