The Tocci brothers, conjoined twins. Photograph by Rizzardi, 188-.

  • Rizzardi (Photographers)
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889]
Reference:
658534i
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Description

"The most celebrated pair of dicephalus conjoined twins of all times, the brothers Giovanni Baptista and Giacomo Tocci were born in Locana, a town in northern Italy, on Oct. 4 1877"--Bondeson, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

Verona : Rizzardi, [between 1880 and 1889]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9.6 x 5.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Fratelli Tocci. Photographer's name printed on verso of mount

References note

Jan Bondeson, The two-headed boy, and other medical marvels, Ithaca, N.Y. 2000, pp. 172-183

Reference

Wellcome Collection 658534i

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