Report of an Autopsy on the Bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker Commonly Known As the Siamese Twins (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Report of an Autopsy on the Bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker: Commonly Known as the Siamese Twins The events leading to their death were as follows About six years ago Chang, who had always been the more excitable, became addicted to immoderate drink ing. Three years ago, while on a voyage from Liver pool to New York, he was stricken with hemiplegia of the right side. He in great measure recovered from this attack, but could never ascend and descend stairs with facility. For this reason the twins occupied rooms on the ground floors. Of their homes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.