ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SIAMESE TWINS
Named after a famous pair of conjoined twins, Chang and Eng (1811–74), who were born in Siam.
3 QUOTES WITH «SIAMESE TWINS»
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Siamese twins.
Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the anatomy is so different from normal, that you're constantly trying to figure out, 'Can I cut this? Does this wire lead to what?' It's like trying to defuse a bomb.
I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIAMESE TWINS»
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The Sex Lives of
Siamese Twins
Featuring murder, depravity and revenge - and enormous amounts of food and sex - The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time - how we look and where we live - and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks ...
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Chang and Eng Reconnected: The Original
Siamese Twins in ...
In her captivating book, Chang and Eng Reconnected , Cynthia Wu traces the "Original Siamese Twins" through the terrain of American culture, showing how their inseparability underscored tensions between individuality and collectivity in the ...
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The Wedding of the
Siamese Twins
The high-spirited, warm-hearted comedy in which Katharine Hepburn starred both on Broadway and on tour.
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Eng & Chang: The Original
Siamese Twins
A biography of Eng and Chang, the congenitally united twins born in Siam (Thailand) in 1811 In the pages that follow, you will share in one of the most unusual stories ever recorded in history.
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Essentials Of Management
... bridges the gap from where we are to where we want to go. It is also important
to point out that Planning and control are inseparable — the Siamese twins of
management (see Figure 4.1). Any attempt to control without plans is
meaningless, ...
Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich, 2006
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Standard of Care: The Law of American Bioethics
The separation of Siamese twins with conjoined hearts, while a rare event, has
received some ethical and legal discussion.1 Most of it, unfortunately, has been
characterized by fuzzy thinking and flawed analogies. Perhaps this is inevitable.
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The Death of the
Siamese Twins and Other Plays
This is a new collection of plays by award-winning, noted playwright Louis Phillips. These plays are humorous and poignant, and have seen extensive productions, both in New York City and Regional Theater.
Louis Phillips, M. Stefan Strozier, 2007
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Contemporary Biomedical Ethical Issues and Jewish Law
In recent years, attempted separations of Siamese twins in the United States and
Britain have received much prominence in the mass media. In fact, the detailed
description of one famous case written by Donald C. Drake in the Philadelphia ...
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The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution
Mark Twain, writing about Eng and Chang "Siamese twins" is the name popularly
applied to twins who are physically conjoined in a manner not incompatible with
life or activity. Under natural conditions, it is the result of an imperfect splitting of ...
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One of Us: Conjoined
Twins and the Future of Normal
See also the case recounted in A. Pena Chavarria and P. G. Shipley, "The
Siamese Twins of Espanola," Annals of Medical History, 6 (1924): 297-302.
Concerning the Twins of Espanola, the authors write: "It was clearly seen that
they were two ...
Alice Domurat Dreger, 2005
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIAMESE TWINS»
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Review: Conjoined Twins Take Center Stage in “Side Show”
The story is based on the real-life Siamese twins of the same name – sideshow stars who toured the vaudeville circuit in the 1930s and starred in the 1932 film ... «NBC New York, Nov 14»
British woman pregnant with Siamese twins with two heads but only …
A British woman plans to make history by becoming the nation's first mother to give birth to Siamese twins with separate heads but only one body. «Daily Mail, Jan 09»
