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This online exhibit, concisely titled Monsters to Modern Medical Miracles: Selected Moments in the History of Conjoined Twins from Medieval to Modern Times, focuses on conjoined twins hosted on the National Library of Medicine website. This collection of images from past years tells you as much about changing society as it does about conjoined twins. Would we tolerate anyone referring to them as freaks today, for example? And in case you were wondering, this is how a conjoined twin is classified:  Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire was the first teratologist to classify conjoined twins, using Greek etymology to describe the twins in terms of their shared anatomy. Many of his terms are still in use today. Listed below are some commonly occurring types of conjoined twins, examples of which may be viewed throughout this exhibit.
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