Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...

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[between 1702 and 1714]
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Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ... Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Handbill showing the Hungarian conjoined twins Hellen and Judita who were exhibited from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm above William Sutcliffe's pharmacy shop "at the sign of the Golden-Anchor in the Strand near Charing Cross." It concludes "God bless Queen Anne."

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[London?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1702 and 1714]

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1 broadside : 1 illustration ; 21 cm

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