The Bunker Brothers, known as the "Chinese Twins" in Siam, were conjoined at the sternum by a small piece of cartilage. Determined to live a normal life, they settled on a plantation and bought slaves in the 1830s. One brother married and had 10 children. The other brother married and had 11. One night, Eng woke to find his brother Chang dead from a stroke. He called futilely to his wife, "In this stillness, there is still life," and died three hours later.
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