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Multi-status bullet Photograph shows an amazing in-the-womb fetal surgery.

Green bullet Photographs show an infant girl with a second head.

Green bullet Photograph shows a Vietnamese child with physical abnormalities attributed to Agent Orange.

Red bullet Photograph shows a KKK member being treated by an all-black emergency room staff.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show a medical patient whose "brain is infested with maggots."

Red bullet Photograph shows a breast rash caused by South American larvae.

Yellow bullet Photographs show a bizarre-looking baby born in Nepal.

Multi-status bullet Photograph shows a patient who received a severe penile burn from urinating on an electric fence.

Yellow bullet Photographs show a boy whose nose has been impaled with a fork.

Red bullet X-ray image documents a case of penile fracture.

White bullet E-mails provide helpful advice about swine flu.

Green bullet Photograph shows a student with cerebral palsy who was left alone apart from the rest of the choir during a school performance in which he was supposed to take part.

Yellow bullet Photographs show a foot injury caused by stepping on a broken CFL bulb. (Disturbing image warning)

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