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Lettering: Doctors consultation. Separation decided upon. Professor Ripley to operate. Alfred's speech, on the Siamese twins, delivered at Knaresbro' Augt. 20th. 1868, before a large and crowded audience. ... See Bradford daily telegraph Aug.t 21st. Lettering includes speech: "Some of you will know that there exists such a curiosity as the Siamese twins. They were a number of years ago exhibited in England, and have latterly been in America. These two extraordinary beings are held together by an integument that it hitherto has been thought to be almost impossible to sever. The health of one of the twins is giving way, and the prospect before the man in health is terrible. He is carrying with him a diseased human being who in a short time may be a corpse. Can you imagine a human being placed in more distressing circumstances? In order to save the life of the sound individual the highest physicians have been consulted, and the twins are going to *Paris? in order that an operation may take place to separate the two men. *Bradford"

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Title: Doctors

Description:

Lettering: Doctors consultation.

Separation decided upon.

Professor Ripley to operate.

Alfred's speech, on the Siamese twins, delivered at Knaresbro' Augt.

20th.

1868, before a large and crowded audience.

See Bradford daily telegraph Aug.

t 21st.

Lettering includes speech: "Some of you will know that there exists such a curiosity as the Siamese twins.

They were a number of years ago exhibited in England, and have latterly been in America.

These two extraordinary beings are held together by an integument that it hitherto has been thought to be almost impossible to sever.

The health of one of the twins is giving way, and the prospect before the man in health is terrible.

He is carrying with him a diseased human being who in a short time may be a corpse.

Can you imagine a human being placed in more distressing circumstances? In order to save the life of the sound individual the highest physicians have been consulted, and the twins are going to *Paris? in order that an operation may take place to separate the two men.

*Bradford".

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