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PIT, fossa. A hole dug in the earth, which was filled with water, and in which women thieves were drowned, instead of being hung. The punishment of the pit was formerly common in Scotland.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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The photograph demonstrates the facial features of the patient: facial asymmetry, bilateral ear pits, hooded eyelids, upward slanting of palpebral fissures and micrognathia.

Sindrome de Emanuel: primer caso reportado en Mexico

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