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    Two well-dressed young men, joined at the abdomen by an exposed band of tissue, stand together on a stage beside a chess board; the man on the left holds a badminton racquet.
    An advertisement with an engraving of the well-dressed twins set against a tropical background with a tent.
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    Nineteenth century illustration of Chang and Eng Bunker’s livers and shared hepatic vessels, showing how an injection into Chang passed into Eng.

    Diagram of the Livers, 1897

    Fig. 33 Diagrammatic representation of the livers, portraying the relations of the vessels, etc. From: Gould, George M. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1897, p. 171.
    Courtesy National Library of Medicine

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