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The C. Everett Koop Papers

Congenital Birth Defects and the Medical Rights of Children: The "Baby Doe" Controversy: Visuals

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[C. Everett Koop operating on a newborn baby]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 1950.

[C. Everett Koop performing an operation at San-iku Kai Hospital in Tokyo, Japan]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 7 November 1961.

Mooney, Robert L., and Philadelphia Inquirer. [C. Everett Koop and his assistants during an operation at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 20 September 1974.

Philadelphia Inquirer, and Gervase J. Rozanski. [Clara and Alta Rodriguez with their mother]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 20 September 1974.

Chacon, Hector V. [C. Everett Koop and his surgical team during the separation of Siamese twins Alta and Clara Rodriquez]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. December 1974.

[C. Everett Koop and Louise Schnaufer during the operation to separate Siamese twins Clara and Alta Rodriquez]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. December 1974.

Chacon, Hector V. [An exhausted C. Everett Koop following his operation to separate Siamese twins Clara and Alta Rodriguez]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. December 1974.

[Operation planning chart for separating a pair of Siamese twins]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. December 1974.

[C. Everett Koop at a reception in the Dominican Republic celebrating the successful separation of Siamese twins Alta and Clara Rodriguez]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 4 January 1975.

["Kids on the Block" C. Everett Koop puppet]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. [ca. 1980s].

[C. Everett Koop and Assistant U.S. Surgeon General Faye Abdellah (in uniform) at an event celebrating the International Year of Disabled Persons]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 1981.

Reni Newsphotos, Inc. [C. Everett Koop on CBS News' "Face the Nation"]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 18 November 1983.

[Koop with his "Kids on the Block" puppet]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. April 1988.

[Clara Rodriguez, age 15]. Photographic Print. 1 Image. 27 October 1988.

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