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- Description is exactly "This pedigree describes a female patient with Downs Syndrome who was 9 years old at the time of her admission to the institution in 1922. Note the assigned cause: "Mother had headaches and brooded over news of insane stepsister." In the early 20th century, a mother's exposure to individuals with mental illnesses or disabilities was often used to explain the incidence of mental disability in her unborn child. "
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