Woodcut of "twin girls joined together by their foreheads" from Des Monstres et prodiges by Ambroise Paré, 1573. Conjoined twins are identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point and having varying degrees of residual duplication, a result o
Woodcut of "twin girls joined together by their foreheads" from Des Monstres et prodiges by Ambroise Paré, 1573. Conjoined twins are identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point and having varying degrees of residual duplication, a result of the incomplete division of the ovum from which the twins developed. Craniopagus twins have fused skulls, but separate bodies. These twins can be conjoined at the back of the head, the front of the head, or the side of the head, but not on the face or the base of the skull. Des Monstres is filled with unsubstantiated accounts of sea devils, marine sows, and monstrous animals with human faces. With its extensive discussion of reproduction and illustrations of birth defects, the book invited accusations of pornography.
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