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West German Siamese twins face delicate separation
Two seven month old West German brothers joined at the head travel to Johns Hopkins Hospital for a 12 to 14 hour operation led by a 20 doctor team. Survival is unlikely and the team practices with dolls as they prepare for a rare second such procedure in the hospital’s 98 year history.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Dulles, National
Washington, D.C
Josef
Theresia Binder
Ulm
West Germany
Lisa Hillman
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Binder
Hopkins
Benjamin S. Carson
Hillman
Carson Sa
Carson
Toys ‘R’ Us
Dagsboro
Del
Ms. Hillman