They had measles and small-pox simultaneously,
but were affected in different degree by the maladies. The
emotions, inclinations, and appetites were not simultaneous.
Eccardus, in a very interesting paper, discusses the physical,
moral, and religious questions in reference to these wonderful
sisters, such as the advisability of separation, the
admissibility of matrimony, and, finally, whether on the last day
they would rise as joined in life, or separated.
There is an account of two united females, similar in conjunction
to the "Hungarian sisters," who were born in Italy in 1700. They
were killed at the age of four months by an attempt of a surgeon
to separate them.
In 1856 there was reported to have been born in Texas, twins
after the manner of Helen and Judith, united back to back, who
lived and attained some age. They were said to have been of
different natures and dispositions, and inclined to quarrel very
often.
Pancoast gives an extensive report of Millie-Christine, who had
been extensively exhibited in Europe and the United States. They
were born of slave parents in Columbus County, N.C., July 11,
1851; the mother, who had borne 8 children before, was a stout
negress of thirty-two, with a large pelvis.
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