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Twins, Conjoined - history

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  • A short, but concise account of Elisabeth, and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.
  • A short but concise account of Elisa & Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord, 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.
  • A short and concise account of Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders:  in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.
  • A short, but concise account of Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.
  • An extraordinary birth.
  • A short, but concise account of Elisabeth, and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

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    A short, but concise account of Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

    | Date: 1805
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    Twins in history and science / by Luigi Gedda ; translated by Marco Milani-Comparetti ; foreword by Robert M. Stecher.

    | Luigi Gedda | Date: 1961
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    • Online

    The Siamese twins, Chang and Eng : a biographical sketch.

    | Date: [1869]
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    Freaks : Collectie Akimitsu Naruyama : de exploitatie van menselijke fysieke fenomenen in circussen en reizende gezelschappen / Akimitsu Naruyama.

    | Akimitsu Naruyama | Date: 1999
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    On monsters : an unnatural history of our worst fears / Stephen T. Asma.

    | Stephen T. Asma | Date: 2009
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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
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Sisters
Biddenden (England)
Abnormalities, Human - History
Congenital Abnormalities
Freak shows - History

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