One of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy

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Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.

Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.

A woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.

Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.

Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb and internal structures of the womb. Etching by Barlow.

A cross-section of a pregnant uterus containing twins. Engraving after W. Smellie after J. van Rymsdyck.

An exhausted woman being held by friends after just giving birth to twins. Pen drawing after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).

Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.

Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.

Twins : from fetus to child / edited by Alessandra Piontelli.

Gemelos monozigóticos / Hilario Helguera.

Röntgenologische Skelettstudien an menschlichen Zwillingen und Mehrlingen : ein Beitrag zu den Problemen der Konstitution und der Phylogenese / von Franz Buschke.

Page 110: Rama fighting his sons over a horse with Sita in the middle. Watercolour drawing.

The truth about fat.

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Twins

Images from the collections

Images about Twins

Works from the collections

Twins : from fetus to child / edited by Alessandra Piontelli.

Gemelos monozigóticos / Hilario Helguera.

Röntgenologische Skelettstudien an menschlichen Zwillingen und Mehrlingen : ein Beitrag zu den Problemen der Konstitution und der Phylogenese / von Franz Buschke.

Page 110: Rama fighting his sons over a horse with Sita in the middle. Watercolour drawing.

The truth about fat.

Twins

Images from the collections

Images about Twins

Works from the collections

Twins : from fetus to child / edited by Alessandra Piontelli.

Gemelos monozigóticos / Hilario Helguera.

Röntgenologische Skelettstudien an menschlichen Zwillingen und Mehrlingen : ein Beitrag zu den Problemen der Konstitution und der Phylogenese / von Franz Buschke.

Page 110: Rama fighting his sons over a horse with Sita in the middle. Watercolour drawing.

The truth about fat.

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