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SIAMESE TWINS: First Wos in 1100 Although Siamese twins are rare they are unique. The Brodie twins, who recently underwent a separation opention*in Chicago, are the latest of some 340 cases recorded in medical history. The first was in 1100 when Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were born in Bid denden, England. These sisters, joined at the hips and shoulders, lived fo: 34 £ears. After one died, the other rejected the plea of an early surgeon that he try to save her, and she, too, died a short time later. The most famous were Chinese twins born in Siam. It was from them that the term "Siamese twins" came into usage. The twins, Chang and Eng. enjoyed prosper ous careers with P. T. Barnum.
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