Show baby stricken then twin has sympathy illness BOSTON an unusual occurrence in the field of 0 medicine resulted in a pair of 18 month old identical twins being taken to beth israel hospital h os P I 1 tal at boston in comatose con editions one of which was eal peal r and the other sympathetic little david renda of revere lapsed into a coma while suffering from a rare disease blood dystra sia or lack of coagulation proper ties his identical twin daniel oth berwise in good health lapsed into a coma at the same time the infants physician dr milton levine explained that while only david actually was ill daniel went into the coma from what is known as a sympathy reaction by an identical twin after several hours at the hos pital daniel regained consciousness and was taken home but his strick en twin was kept at the hospital the twins are the sons of mr and mrs mano mario renda |