| Show THE BOHEMIAN TWINS I II I Moro Wonilirrut In Homo ti > peot Than tlioM imn o llrolhcni The twin sstcrs Rosa and Jot pha who were lately exhibited in Vicnna excited the interest not only of dentists den-tists but also of the lay public on tic count of the union of their bodies They were born in SUrcychow Bohemia and aro now fifteen years old Their parents simple people named lllutcl gave them up to tile French impresario Forbo who first brought them bofore tho public in Paris at tho Theater Imperial Im-perial do la Galte and is now taking them on n tour through Europe Rosa nUll Joscplm of whom wu publish pub-lish an engraving aro not well grown for their age but arc delicate and frail Their complexions nnll hair are dark and their faces which are very much I V FJ rlf 6 = THE BOHEMIAN TWCJS alike show no traces of their nationality nation-ality As will bo seen from the cut the first impression is i that they < are two perfectly formed individuals with n connection at the hips but mi investigation investi-gation proves that this is i not tho case for although the upper parts of their bodies are separate the backbones grow together hi the region of the coccyx and thero is only one pelvis strangely enough however thero are four legs instead of two Therefore wo have not two complete beings that have grown together but two half female bodies so to speak that are normally developed only as far as the hips Under cirtiunutancco a separation separ-ation by means of a surgical operation was impossible When ono half of this unfortunate double creaturo dies the other sister must soon meet the same vac |
