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Evening Star, Issue 12926, 14 April 1908, Page 3

The Siamese Wins" which have been born to a Brighton (Eng.) woman have been photographed by X-rays, and Dr Rooth has discovered that the two children are physically connected by an e: tension of the spinal column at" the hip In an interview ho stated that he was trying to get the foster parents to consent to an. operation to separate the children. Such an operation might cause the death of one of the children, for they have the same blood supply, but he thought one of them would continue to live. Joined as they were, infantile complaints, such as measles, would be certain to be communicated from one to the other. He intended to exhibit them to the Medical Society It was extremely rare to find such children in so good health. The parents have refused to exhibit the children in public. Charwoman : "Shall I git me lunch now, so as to give me strength, for me washin', or shall I do me washin' first so as to give me a hap'petito for me lunch? I think it's strength I want most."