Head-joined twins separated successfully

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · April 21, 1955

Another milestone in the annals of medical history was recorded tonight when twin girls -- Deborah Marie and Christine Mary Andrews -- six months old, were successfully separated by Chicago surgeons at Mercy Hospital. The history-making operation took four-and-a-half hours. Photo left- This is a copy of the x-ray taken of the girls' heads shortly after birth. Photo right- An unidentified doctor holds two dolls in the same position in which the heads of the Andrews twins were joined.