Medicine: Two Brains, One Vein

Each of the twin boys in Chicago's University of Illinois Hospital was as cute as a button. At 15 months they both had handsome, well-formed bodies, twinkling, dark blue eyes and bewitching smiles. They loved to play pat-a-cake, could say "Hi," "Mama," "Dada," and "Nite-nite." They had just learned to say "Frog" too, because mother & father had brought them each a rubber frog. Rodney Dee Brodie was a bit smaller than Roger Lee Brodie, so Rodney got more attention. This made Roger mad, and he showed it by swatting Rodney across the face...

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