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"The Birth-Mark" is a short story by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The tale examines obsession with human perfection. The tale examines obsession with human perfection. It was first published in the March 1843 edition of The Pioneer and later appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse , a collection of Hawthorne's short stories published in 1846.
English: The first page to the short story "The Birth-Mark", published in The Pioneer, March 1843, p. 113.Edited and published by James Russell Lowell. This is the first publication of Hawthorne's story.
A birthmark is a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin which is present at birth or appears shortly after birth—usually in the first month. Birthmarks can occur anywhere on the skin. [ 1 ] They are caused by overgrowth of blood vessels , melanocytes , smooth muscle , fat , fibroblasts , or keratinocytes .
A Mongolian spot, also known as slate grey nevus or congenital dermal melanocytosis, is a benign, flat, congenital birthmark with wavy borders and an irregular shape. In 1883, it was described and named after Mongolians by Erwin Bälz, a German anthropologist based in Japan, who erroneously believed it to be most prevalent among his Mongolian patients.
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Some babies with port wine stain birthmarks above their eyes, on forehead have rare disease called Sturge Weber syndrome, which can cause seizures. A new treatment is changing that.
The History of Marks from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Société des écrivains. Schechter, Frank Isaac (1925). The Historical Foundations of the Law Relating to Trade-marks. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-1-58477-035-0. OCLC 41951335. Semprini, Andrea (1995). La marque (in French). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France - PUF.
Celebrity Stargazing with astrologer Lauren Ash is your look at the birth charts of your favorite celebrities.. Singer. Songwriter. Director. Mastermind. If there’s one celebrity that needs no ...