(Source: jamesych)
Dicephalus dibrachius, from Barton Cooke Hirst’s Human Monstrosities: Volume 4, 1891
© Annabel Clark
Annabel Clark documented a pair of conjoined twins for a project that is not about a physical bond, but the nature of a very intimate relationship.
Photo of Daisy and Violet Hilton at the beach in Miami, FL probably early 1950s. The sisters are best known as the conjoined twins from the movie Freaks, but they were huge vaudeville stars before that.
Firstly I want to apologize for the absence this past while. I guess a lot of our focus has been geared towards our other blogs.
But now I have some things in the queue, so hopefully that will keep the blog up to date for a little bit.
❝ Two twin women in the English countryside,
Having between them only one set of legs,
But wondrous to tell, both of them had,
A trunk, two breasts and two arms to themselves,
If you wish to believe what I say and write,
that when one of these united women,or sisters even,
Who had spent their lives sitting next to each other,
Was finally released by death from her bondage,
the other followed her shortly after.
Having between them only one set of legs,
But wondrous to tell, both of them had,
A trunk, two breasts and two arms to themselves,
If you wish to believe what I say and write,
that when one of these united women,or sisters even,
Who had spent their lives sitting next to each other,
Was finally released by death from her bondage,
the other followed her shortly after.
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A monk recalls the life and death of the Biddenden Maids, conjoined twins dating to the Middle Ages
From The Two-Headed Boy and other Medical Marvels by Jan Bondenson
