Defoe's History of the Alphabet

PMLA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
Basem L. Ra'ad ◽  
Paula McDowell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Critical Interest

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Christianity and Literature: Covertly Public, Overtly Private

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-283
Author(s):  
Martin E. Marty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Religion ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
Christian Century

This article is based upon an address to the Conference on Christianity and Literature at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association in Toronto on 29 December 1997. The invitation asked me to comment on the public/private distinction that I make as Director of the Public Religion Project and to accent the “cultural context,” which fits my History of Culture faculty assignment and three decades of writing Context, a newsletter relating religion to culture. I was to inform it theologically, which a divinity professor is supposed to be able to do, and to show some curiosity about the literary theme, as my decades-long stint as literary editor at The Christian Century should poise me to do. Under it all my limiting job description matches a badge provided me at a conference in Tübingen, where the hosts handed out identifications marked “Theologian of History,” “Theological Historian,” and “Historical Theologian.” Mine read simply, “Historical Historian.”—MEM

NOVEL SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A TRANSVERSE-SIGMOID SINUS ANEURYSM PRESENTING AS PULSATILE TINNITUS

Neurosurgery ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. E393-E394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakov Gologorsky ◽  
Scott A. Meyer ◽  
Alexander F. Post ◽  
H. Richard Winn ◽  
Aman B. Patel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Sigmoid Sinus ◽  
Venous Aneurysm ◽  
Pulsatile Tinnitus ◽  
Aneurysm Neck ◽  
Suboccipital Craniectomy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
The Right

Abstract OBJECTIVE Pulsatile tinnitus is a relatively common, potentially incapacitating condition that is often vascular in origin. We present a case of disabling pulsatile tinnitus caused by a transverse-sigmoid sinus aneurysm that was surgically treated with self-tying U-clips (Medtronic, Inc., Memphis, TN). We also review the literature and discuss other described interventions. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 48-year-old woman presented with a 5-year history of progressive pulsatile tinnitus involving the right ear. Her physical examination was consistent with a lesion that was venous in origin. Angiography demonstrated a wide-necked venous aneurysm of the transverse-sigmoid sinus that had eroded the mastoid bone. INTERVENTION The patient underwent a retromastoid suboccipital craniectomy to expose the aneurysm and surrounding anatomy. The aneurysm dome was tamponaded and the aneurysm neck was coagulated until the dome had shrunk to a small remnant. The linear defect in the transverse sigmoid junction was then reconstructed with a series of U-clips and covered with Gelfoam hemostatic sponge (Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY). The patient awakened without neurological deficit and with immediate resolution of her tinnitus. A postoperative angiogram demonstrated obliteration of the aneurysm, with minimal stenosis in the region of the repair and good flow through the dominant right transverse-sigmoid junction. CONCLUSION This technical case report describes a novel definitive surgical treatment of venous sinus aneurysms. This technique does not necessitate long-term anticoagulation, has a low likelihood of reintervention, and provides immediate resolution of pulsatile tinnitus.

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