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BY RALPH M. TOWNSEND, M.D., of Philadelphia. THERE is at present on exhibition at Simpson's Museum and Menagerie in this city a pair of twins whose mode of union is remarkable, and who are rendered unique by their thriving and comparatively lengthy life. These twins were born in Warren County, Ohio, Oct. 12th, 1870, the delivery being natural and easy, and accomplished half an hour before the arrival of the attending physician. By reference to the accompanying photograph it will be seen that these babes have a common trunk, terminating at either ex- tremity in a well-shaped neck and head. Each end of the trunk is formed of a perfect thorax with its contained viscera, then comes the swell of the belly, and the children insensibly grade into one another. As they lie extended upon their backs they look as if two children had been cut transversely across