Title:

Operation planning chart for separating a pair of Siamese twins

Date:

December 1974

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
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
Clara Rodriguez, age 15, 1988

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBSQ

NLM ID:

101584930X301

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X301

Story Section:

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