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Show SELECTED. The Siamese l win.. The fact that Chang, one of the Siamese twin;, had Leen paralyzed, wuo some time ago reported by the press; and as the singular union o: these bruthers, who are joined together Dj a hollow cartilaginous hand or ligature, liga-ture, has been tne cause of much .-peculation and theorizing by eminent medical men in th. country and in hlurope, the following details, which were given to a reprcsentatiTe of the Sun yesterday by a gentleman wno reeeaUy met them at tneir home, will be of especial interest to tho;e who have a taste fur the investigation of physical phenomena. Luang and iung visited Europe in lebruaiy last under an engagement to exhibit themselves as a curiosity. Tney remained abroad about six mouths, returning to this country in the Cunard steamer, which arrived here on the loih of August. While on the way over, as they were seated at a table engaged in a game of chess with the dptain of tue ship, Chang was struck with paraly.-is of the right side, tie became utterly helpless, and was obliged to keep in bed fur the remainder re-mainder of the voyage. Of course Eng. although not at all aifected in his own person by the unhappy visita tion whicu afflicted his brother, was obliged to keep the latter company and also confine himself to his berth. Ou the arrival of the steamer, the twins spent several days in Xayior's Hotel in Jersey City, and Chang improved so much that the bruthers were able to to sit up, and finally to go to their home in Mt. Airy, Surrey county, N.C. Since their return to North Carolina Chang has gained steadily in general heaith, but his right leg continues useless. use-less. This, however, does not prevent the twins from going about and attending attend-ing to their ordm iry avocations. Those j who have seen this curious pair will recollect that Eng stands ou the right or 02 side, and Chang on tho left, and that the inside arm of each is usually thrown around the other's back or neck, lu their present condition, the way they manage to move from place to place is this : Chang ties up hie right or inside leg in a sling, and with the support given him by a crutch under un-der the left shoulder, and the aid of his brother's arm, finds no difficulty in making his way around the plantation planta-tion as easily as ever. The most singular thing about this extraordinary case is the lact that during dur-ing the whole of Chang's severe anJ danperous illness Eng has been in unusually unu-sually good health and spirits, not excepting ex-cepting tho time during which he was confined to his brother's sick bed. He has no wish to bedisunited from Lhang, oven if he could be convinced that the operation would be free from inconve nience or danger, and a son recently remarked to a friend that he did not believe that his father would ever consent con-sent to a separation should Chang die first! Distinguished medical authorities have differed in regard to the practicability practic-ability of separating the twins by a surgical sur-gical operation, though the general opinion has been that it might be accomplished ac-complished with safety. Some have supposed that the fact that the brothers broth-ers have but a single umbilicus, which is situated in the middle of the ligature liga-ture that unites them, indicates a conversion con-version in the circulation of the blood through the two bodies which would render the operation danecrous; but the circumstances attending Chang's ilness seem to dispose of this objection. objec-tion. One peculiar inconvenience, has le ultcd from Chang's misfortune. Chang and Eng, both of whom have considerable families, keep up distinct domestic establishments, and their houses are separated by a distance of three fourths of a mile. Between the two resiiences flows a rapid creek, which they cros'-ed by means of a footbridge, foot-bridge, consisting of a siugle log, squared and hewed. Over thisntr-row thisntr-row pathway the two could cross with ease, while they were both well, hut in Chang's present condition they find it impossible to accomplish the passage. As they are men of no little force of character, however, it is altogether probable that by this time they have found means to obviate so vexatious a difficulty. y. Y. is'uii. |