A 17-year-old girl with colicky abdominal pain andchronic anemia presented to the gastrointestinal serviceof the University Hospital of Essen. In the routineworkup, there were no pathological findings despitethe anemi...A 17-year-old girl with colicky abdominal pain andchronic anemia presented to the gastrointestinal serviceof the University Hospital of Essen. In the routineworkup, there were no pathological findings despitethe anemia. Because of the fluctuation of symptomswith a climax at the time of menstruation, consecutiveultrasound studies were performed revealing a visiblemass inside the gallbladder. This finding was confirmedby a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study performedat the same time. Because of the severe anemia by thattime, a cholecystectomy was performed, and histologyreconfirmed the diagnosis of isolated gallbladderendometriosis. The patient recovered well and has hadno recurrence of the disease to date.展开更多
The Adventures of Augie March (2006) has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism,...The Adventures of Augie March (2006) has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism, and various schools of literary theories, while the use of parody in this novel was comparatively ignored. Through close reading of the novel, the present study finds that in one of his important novels, The Adventures of Augie March, by the use of parody of Augie's opposition to various influences with Jacob's fight with God, Saul Bellow successfully presents Augie as an image sticking stubbornly to "truth, love, peace, bounty, usefulness, harmony" and saying perpetually "no" to persuaders of all kinds of immoral influences, thus providing a more comprehensive reading of the novel.展开更多
文摘A 17-year-old girl with colicky abdominal pain andchronic anemia presented to the gastrointestinal serviceof the University Hospital of Essen. In the routineworkup, there were no pathological findings despitethe anemia. Because of the fluctuation of symptomswith a climax at the time of menstruation, consecutiveultrasound studies were performed revealing a visiblemass inside the gallbladder. This finding was confirmedby a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study performedat the same time. Because of the severe anemia by thattime, a cholecystectomy was performed, and histologyreconfirmed the diagnosis of isolated gallbladderendometriosis. The patient recovered well and has hadno recurrence of the disease to date.
文摘The Adventures of Augie March (2006) has been approached from various perspectives by critics since its publication. It has been studied from the point of view of culture, religion, history, modernism, postmodemism, and various schools of literary theories, while the use of parody in this novel was comparatively ignored. Through close reading of the novel, the present study finds that in one of his important novels, The Adventures of Augie March, by the use of parody of Augie's opposition to various influences with Jacob's fight with God, Saul Bellow successfully presents Augie as an image sticking stubbornly to "truth, love, peace, bounty, usefulness, harmony" and saying perpetually "no" to persuaders of all kinds of immoral influences, thus providing a more comprehensive reading of the novel.