The pictures were too sad...

In further exploration of my fascination with conjoined twins (thanks Mutter!) I discovered links regarding Dr. Mengele and the "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials." Mengele was the most famous "doctor"/mad-scientist who experimented on Jews during the Holocaust.

During his experimentation, Mengele would specifically target twins (scroll down the the part labeled "experiments on twins.") At times, he would sew twins together in attempts to CREATE conjoined twins. He would poke or torture one side of one twin in order to see if the other side of the other twin would feel anything. Often times, the twins would die because of damage done to their severed nerves.

I remember a couple of years ago I went to the Holocaust Museum in WashDC and they had a fascinating exhibit on medical experimentation.

Although ridiculously interesting, these types of medical experiments are always tricky. It leaves me to wonder if things like the Mudder Museum are contributing to science or exploiting the people's freakishness?

-Ali Blum