The town of Szoenii gave them birth, hard by far-famed Komorn,
Which noble fort may all the arts of Turkish sultans scorn.
Lucina, woman's gentle friend, did Helen first receive;
And Judith, when three hours had passed, her mother's womb did
leave.
One urine passage serves for both;--one anus, so they tell;
The other parts their numbers keep, and serve their owners well.
Their parents poor did send them forth, the world to travel
through,
That this great wonder of the age should not be hid from view.
The inner parts concealed do lie hid from our eyes, alas!
But all the body here you view erect in solid brass.
They were joined back to back in the lumbar region, and had all
their parts separate except the anus between the right thigh of
Helen and the left of Judith and a single vulva. Helen was the
larger, better looking, the more active, and the more
intelligent. Judith at the age of six became hemiplegic, and
afterward was rather delicate and depressed. They menstruated at
sixteen and continued with regularity, although one began before
the other. They had a mutual affection, and did all in their
power to alleviate the circumstances of their sad position.
Judith died of cerebral and pulmonary affections, and Helen, who
previously enjoyed good health, soon after her sister's first
indisposition suddenly sank into a state of collapse, although
preserving her mental faculties, and expired almost immediately
after her sister.
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