[HN Gopher] Death of the Twin Gynaecologists: A patient's notes ... ___________________________________________________________________ Death of the Twin Gynaecologists: A patient's notes (1975) Author : tws Score : 28 points Date : 2023-05-05 20:10 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.vulture.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.vulture.com) | forkerenok wrote: | If you're intrigued by the first part of the title, but want to | spare the long read, here are the key excerpts for relief: | | > Ultimately, extensive tests conducted by the Medical Examiner | revealed that drugs -- barbiturates -- had caused their deaths, | but not because they had suddenly taken a large quantity. Rather, | they had been taking large quantities for a long period of time, | and it was when they stopped -- and had the fatal convulsions | typical of barbiturate withdrawal -- that they had died. | | > In general, the picture that emerges of the Marcuses is of two | men who shared a psychological disturbance that antedated their | extreme barbiturate addiction and eventual death. It is common | for identical twins to share psychological traits and | capabilities as well as physical similarities. | | The withdrawal part, however, doesn't check out with what's | written on their Wikipedia page: | | > It was first assumed that the brothers had died of barbiturate | withdrawal, but the final report excluded this (the original | toxicological report had been in error). Stewart died probably | between July 10 and July 14 of a barbiturate overdose. Cyril died | between July 14 (when he was last seen out of the apartment, | apparently after Stewart had died) and July 17; his body showed | no signs of the fatal convulsions accompanying sedative | withdrawal. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_and_Cyril_Marcus | QLazuli wrote: | That was an incredibly unpleasant read | [deleted] | fullshark wrote: | Wow I had no idea Dead Ringers was based on a true story. | alex_young wrote: | Should say [1975] | Waterluvian wrote: | Unless I missed it, this exploration doesn't touch on what I | think is of critical import: what were their parents and | childhood like? | | It really sounds they were disturbed, possibly mentally unwell | people who became drug addicts. The rest would fit. | | All in all I think the story is considerably less | weird/mysterious than it wants to portray. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-05 23:00 UTC)