From 'Monsters' to Modern Medical Miracles

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History of Medicine

Banner containing six icons that link to the individual pages of the website. From left to right: 1. Image of three embryos, that links to the Embryology page. 2. Image of conjoined twins from a 15th century book, that links to the Age of Superstition page. 3. Image of Millie-Christine McCoy, that links to the Marvels on Exhibit page. 4. Image of Clara and Alta Rodriguez, that links to the Separation Surgeries page. 5. Image of a fine engraving of two sets of conjoined twins, that links to the Gallery of Images page. 6. Image of a title page, that links to the bibliography page. Below the banner, to the left of the links to each page is a large eighteenth century woodcut illustration of female twins joined at the back.

Credits

This online exhibition was curated by Laura Hartman, Rare Book Cataloguer, History of Medicine Division, with much assistance from student intern Kelly S. Clark, a Wilson High School senior working in HMD as part of NLM's Adopt-A-School Internship Program.

Its Web site was developed by Duyan Dang, Roxanne Beatty, and Young Rhee of History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine.

Last Reviewed: March 11, 2024