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100 1 _aAllen, Harrison,
_d1841-1897
245 1 0 _aReport of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-05-25
508 _adeaurider, Guus Snijders and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese Twins" by Harrison Allen, M.D. is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book provides a meticulous account of the autopsy conducted on the remains of the famous conjoined twins who lived a notably unique life, illustrating the medical details surrounding their physiological condition and eventual demise. The work is both a detailed medical investigation and a historical account that examines the complexities of their anatomy and the implications of their existence as conjoined individuals. In this report, Allen describes the twins' backgrounds, including their birth in Siam and eventual life as successful farmers in North Carolina, where they led relatively normal family lives, marrying and raising children. The autopsy details reveal the unique anatomical features resulting from their conjoinment through a band connecting their bodies, as well as the pathological conditions that contributed to their deaths. Chang's history of health issues, including alcoholism and paralysis, precedes his sudden death from bronchitis, which deeply affected Eng, who subsequently died soon after. Allen's analysis includes thorough descriptions of their bodily organs, shared circulatory systems, and the consequences of their remarkable, albeit challenging, physical condition, contributing valuable insights to the fields of anatomy and medicine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Collins, 1875
653 _aConjoined twins
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/reportofautopsyo00alle
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68165
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