Title:

Clara Rodriguez, age 15

Date:

27 October 1988

Description:

Clara Rodriguez, who was separated from her Siamese twin sister Alta in December 1974, sent Koop this photograph from the Dominican Republic.. An inscription on the back translates to, "To my best friend Doctor Koop, a memento of my fifteenth birthday. Clara Rodriguez, 27-10-88, Much Love" (Clara's sister Alta choked to death at age 3 when she accidentally swallowed a bean.)

Rights:

Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Clara and Alta Rodriguez with their mother, 1974
Operation planning chart for separating a pair of Siamese twins, 1974
C. Everett Koop and his surgical team during the separation of Siamese twins Alta and Clara Rodriquez, 1974
C. Everett Koop and Louise Schnaufer during the operation to separate Siamese twins Clara and Alta Rodriquez, 1974
An exhausted C. Everett Koop following his operation to separate Siamese twins Clara and Alta Rodriguez, 1974

Legacy ID:

QQBBRN

NLM ID:

101584930X279

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X279

Story Section:

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