Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION OF 1780
In 1630, John Winthrop and his associates in the Massachusetts Bay Company established the Great and General Court of Massachusetts to provide a form of local government for the Puritans who had settled the Boston area. During the American Revolution, the General Court produced an initial draft of a state constitution for Massachusetts. The citizens of Massachusetts refused to accept this constitution as law, however, due to their nonparticipation in the process by which it was formed; instead they elected representatives to meet at a constitutional convention to determine the nature of their government. In 1779, the representatives convened in Cambridge and designated john adams to be the primary drafter of the constitution. This constitution was ratified in 1780.
Among the terms of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 is the provision that empowers the governor and his or her council or the legislature to obtain advisory opinions from the Supreme Judicial Court on questions relating to the scope of the power of the governor or legislature of the Commonwealth. Presently Massachusetts is the only one of the thirteen original states that has retained its first constitution. The constitution has, however, been subject to numerous amendments, the most extensive of which were made by the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention that was convened from 1917 to 1919.
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Solitary fibrous tumor of the meninges
Magazine article from: Neurology India; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...rare mesenchymal tumors arising from the meninges, which clinically and radiologically...Davis DH. Solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges: A lesion distinct from fibrous meningioma...meningioma and solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:1354...
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Indolent extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the meninges producing chronic cerebral venous occlusion
Magazine article from: Neurology India; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...suggestive of a B cell marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) of the meninges (Non Hodgkin lymphoma [NHL]). Post-operatively, his...PCNSL involves the parenchyma more frequently than the meninges (12:1).[2] The majority of PCNSL are high-grade B...
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Ultrastructure of Canine Meninges After Repeated Epidural Injection of S(+)-Ketamine
Magazine article from: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...evaluates the ultrastructure of canine meninges after repeated doses of epidural S...the same times. The spinal cord and meninges were processed for histopathological...ultrastructural description of the canine meninges is currently available. There were no...
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When to suspect bacterial meningitis; Bacterial infection of the meninges is potentially treatable if diagnosed early. Rapid diagnostics are essential, putting extra pressure on the clinician.(FEATURE)
Magazine article from: Clinical Advisor; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...prognosis. Bacterial infection of the meninges is the worst-case scenario but...or pneumonia). Infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space occur when...mater, arachnoid space, or dural meninges are broached by an invasive pathogen...
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Bacterial meningitis: signs, symptoms, and therapy: bacterial infection of the meninges is potentially treatable if diagnosed early, making rapid diagnostics essential and increasing pressure on the clinician.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Cortlandt Forum; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...prognosis. Bacterial infection of the meninges is the worst-case scenario but...or pneumonia). Infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space occurs when...mater, arachnoid space, or dural meninges are broached by an invasive pathogen...
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Maternalizing the meninges: A pregnant Arabic legacy
Magazine article from: Neurology India; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...invest the central nervous axis (CNA) are the so-called meninges that to the early Arabic observers seemed nothing less than...maternal. The Arabic reveric gets aborted the moment the misnomer meninges take over, a gaffe that usurps the forest for the trees...
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Decompression of the perioptic meninges for relief of papilloedema in benign intracranial hypertension.(Original Article)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 1/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; Byline: P. Subburam, V. Loganathan, G. Rajan, M. Natarajan Benign intracranial hypertension usually runs a self-limiting course with a good prognosis;[1] but the long term prognosis with regard to vision is subject to variation in opinion[234] Greer[5] has reported permanent visual loss in 10
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Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease involving the meninges.
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Rosai-Dorfman disease is an idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder characterized by sinus histiocytosis and massive lymphadenopathy. Extranodal involvement has also been reported. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman presenting with seizures, focal motor deficits, and
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Effect of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and bacterial toxins on meningeal permeability in vitro
Magazine article from: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...meningeal permeability. Methods. Spinal meninges of M. nemestrina monkeys were mounted...decreases permeability through the spinal meninges. To address this question, we used...mannitol and sufentanil across monkey spinal meninges before and after addition of S. aureus...
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Meningitis and encephalitis.(Children In Hospitals...)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Meningitis refers to the swelling of the "meninges" which are the protective coverings...itself. When both the brain and the meninges are swollen, the condition is referred...organism is carried to the brain and meninges by the blood stream. As the meninges...
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Meninges
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Meninges Definition Meninges (singular is meninx) is the collective term for the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. The meninges are composed of the dura mater (outer), the arachnoid...
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meninges
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
meninges is the plural of meninx — Greek for membrane. The...towards the spinal cord, the three meninges are: dura mater or pachymeninx...Meningitis — inflammation of the meninges — can be a dramatically...
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meninx
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
me·ninx / ˈmēni ng ks; ˈmen- / • singular form of meninges .
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Meningitis, Bacterial and Viral
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...potentially fatal inflammation of the meninges, the thin, membranous covering of the...can also be caused by bleeding into the meninges, cancer, or diseases of the immune system . The meninges are three separate membranes, layered...
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Meningitis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Meningitis is a serious inflammation of the meninges, the thin, membranous covering of the...can also be caused by bleeding into the meninges, cancer, diseases of the immune system...understanding of the anatomy of the brain. The meninges are three separate membranes, layered...
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