Report of an autopsy on the bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, commonly known as the Siamese twins

In «Report of an Autopsy on the Bodies of Chang and Eng Bunker, Commonly Known as the Siamese Twins,» Harrison Allen presents a meticulously detailed examination of the lives and physical condition of the famous conjoined twins. Employing a clinical and analytical literary style, Allen offers not just a medical account but also a cultural dissection of 19th-century attitudes toward conjoined twins and bodily anomalies. His work reflects the emerging fields of anatomy and anthropology, situating the Bunkers within broader societal discourses on identity, disability, and the spectacle of human difference during an era... Next