AUTOPSY OF THE SIAMESE TWINS.

Fig. 1.

The twins in the acquired position (E. R., C. L.). From a photograph taken in St. Petersburg, 1870.

NOTE.

The word “Report” used in the title of my paper is to be read as referring to the post-mortem appearances only, and not to the Report of the Commission as appointed by the College. The ante-mortem history prefixed to my paper was written in conjunction with Prof. Pancoast.

H. ALLEN.

3REPORT

OF AN

AUTOPSY ON THE BODIES OF CHANG AND ENG

BUNKER, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE

SIAMESE TWINS.

By

HARRISON ALLEN, M.D.,

PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND ZOÖLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY

OF PENNSYLVANIA, SURGEON TO THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL, ETC.

[Read April 1, 1874.]