Title: Conjoined Twins
First published: July 2003
Description: "This encyclopedia presents entries on conjoined twins throughout history, the biological causes and effects, and self-support and separation surgery. It also includes entries on the standardized terminology and categories into which conjoined twins have been sorted, doctors who have performed separation surgeries, and hospitals that are known for the separation of conjoined twins." "This book covers relevant films, websites, institutions, even fraudulent conjoined twins, and also fictional ones from such authors as Mark Twain, Vladimir Nabokov, and Katherine Dunn."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Twins, Conjoined twins, Encyclopedias, English