Abstract
I have no intention of going into the difficult question of the pathology of port-wine mark. The point to which I wish to call particular attention is the probable relationship between the mark and the fits …. From the nature of the fits, and from their mode of onset, I think there can be no doubt that they are due to some cause external to the nerve-tissue … and this external cause is in all probability to be found in the presence of a “port-wine mark” on the surface of the right side of the brain, just as we have found it in the skin, mucous membranes, and retina of that side.
William Allen Sturge, 1879
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