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The First Successful Separation of Conjoined Twins (1689)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Robin M. F. van der Weiden
Robin M. F. van der Weiden*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. rmfvdwei@knmg.nl
*
*Address for correspondence: R.M.F. van der Weiden, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Kleiweg 500, 3045 PM Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Reports on the first successful separation of conjoined twins in 1689 and especially the publication of this achievement, as late as 1752, in the Helvetisch-vernünftiche Wehe-Mutter by Johannes Fatio are discussed in this paper with the intention to correct several historical inaccuracies.

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Articles
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , 01 April 2004 , pp. 125 - 127
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004