Edited by Louis G. Keith, Emile Papiernik, Donald M. Keith, and Barbara Luke. 696 pp., illustrated. New York, Parthenon, 1995. $103. ISBN 1-85070-666-2.
Austin, Texas, was recently in the spotlight because of thebirth and subsequent separation of a set of conjoined twins.That such infants capture the public imagination was not loston the administrators of our local hospital (or P.T. Barnum,for that matter). What is lost is the interest in other humandramas due to multiple gestation, which occurs in our communityon a fairly regular basis. The reason for this loss of interestis lack of knowledge, which is due in part to the difficultyin assimilating the myriad facts and special skills necessaryfor optimal care in cases . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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