Show HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS 4 I Psychic Bonds Bonds' Between Twins I II II I I Exist Only in i Superstition I T BY BY DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hygeia Hy Hy- geia the Health Magazine Some pears pear ago a n. writer named Muller made a udY of ot identical twins Mule who ha had been separated In childhood and reared apart It has ha i been a common comman bele belief behie that twins twins' not I only look alike alke but think alike aUe anti an act alike that there tere is between them some vague ague hat attachment something like a n telepathic telepathic connection which be joyful or sorrowful sorrowful sorrow sorrow- cu causes uses e them to 01 ful at the In order to to prove the th truth or falsity o of this belief belef Professor II U. N N. Newman of at the University of Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago ega one ane a of the greatest test authorities authorities ties on the subject S of twins has studied studie tes the thees eases cases of 0 several sets of ot tw twins twing Ins separated serto i in iii youth and an reared at great geat distances distance from froni each ech other th r. r A WIDE DIFFERENCE In ln Ir one ane instance ce one o of the tho twins was wa adopted b by r ila relatives lve la and aps the theother theother other othe by frends friends of the tIe family One was taken taen to Canada wh when n she was two years old and the other ather remained In England d until she na was 17 years o ef at age These girls received about bout th the same amount a of education and had about th the same sante opportunities They Tey are arc what made modern n science recognizes as Identical s twins Indeed the tio markings on the palms palis of ot the I hands are almost almast the he same as well tell wei tellas a as the finger ringer prints The twins wins are found faund to be bc after the passage of f time Ume about nine pounds different In weight but with fh hair color clar eye color colar and and ears ES and and teeth very very similar If I not nat identical One o of the twins tended to ta be left ler handed and the theother theother theother other right handel They were era were given a it n great many mental tests and were found faund to t bequie be bo quite quie different ent One was much smarter than tan the Ile other but both bath were high tempered hasty haty In action and judgment Whereas these twins were wee much the tho same lame In their em emotional emotional emo emo- reactions and not the Sm same in their mentality the twins studied by 1 Muller ler were much different in their em emotional tanal reactions and rated the same In their thelt their mentality In another instance twins born barn barnin In a New York City hospital were V taken to tot an ap al orphanage and at at tl the age of af 18 man months hs and two y years ara were were- adopted by two families U living in different parts of ot Michigan Wen When these girls were ere 20 ears ars' old they were studied together Since neither had wn of at tho the e existence of ot the other it was was easy eay to determine determine deter deter- mine min whether they felt at the same se time similar sensations LOOKED MUCH ALIKE I In their case cae they were found faund to tobe tobe be remarkably similar in appearance but had ha been profoundly modified by different educational opportunities I ties te The twin who had been well wel educated had a distinctly superior mind showing greater brightness and alertness as well as a greater eater ca capacity en- en c- c in all al mental tests test However r- r their emotional reactions w were re quite quit similar and th their lr temperaments temperament were approximately On the basis bais of of- O the studies It is is- i reasonable to believe that twins Inthe in inthe the same circumstances are are aie likely to react emotionally in exactly the same way to similar smia situations and that It If t any ment mental disturbance ocCurs occurs oc ac- oc- oc curs which is ig likely t to ups upset t the mental status of one greatly g it will wi probably upset the mental status of ot the other greaty greatly If J. J however the te twins are far tar apart and are ae not acted on by the same sam situations they are not nat likely to be bel be I affected at the same se time in lit any anyway way ay In other othe words wards there thee is Lg I not the slightest proof of af ant spiritual or 01 telepathic connection between ident identical al twins |