[HN Gopher] Death of the Twin Gynaecologists: A patient's notes ...
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       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)
        
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       | 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:
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       | > 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.
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       | > 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:
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       | > 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
        
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       | 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.
        
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