Television medicine.
	M Swann
	Br Med J  1978;1:1274-1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1274 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Routine procedures in general anaesthesia.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1275-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reactogenicity of pertussis vaccines.
	J Cameron
	Br Med J  1978;1:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1276-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had...
	Br Med J  1978;1:1276-1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1276-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	SI, moles, and drugs.
	P Crome, B Widdop, G Volans, R Goulding
	Br Med J  1978;1:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1277-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhibition of fibrinolysis and abruptio placentae.
	E N Wardle
	Br Med J  1978;1:1277-1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1277-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hairy-cell leukaemia.
	G F Burns, J C Cawley, C P Worman, C R Barker, F G Hayhoe
	Br Med J  1978;1:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1278-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Duodenal erosions on cimetidine therapy.
	B D Linaker, S Hughes
	Br Med J  1978;1:1278-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1278-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibacterial activity of cefuroxime.
	L Potaschmacher, K A Jefferson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1279 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contracting in or contracting out?
	D C Bishop
	Br Med J  1978;1:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1279-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The postcoital test: what is normal?
	H Didier
	Br Med J  1978;1:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1279-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who discovered the circulation of the blood?
	S A Khulusi
	Br Med J  1978;1:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1279-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatitis B in the school environment.
	E A Follett, S McMichael, K M Goel, R Thomson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1279-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1279-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nutrition education.
	G Cust
	Br Med J  1978;1:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1280-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fall in admission rate of old people to psychiatric units.
	K Shulman, T Arie
	Br Med J  1978;1:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1280-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Duodenal ulcer in Johannesburg.
	S A Cooke
	Br Med J  1978;1:1280-1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1280-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Choosing an antidepressant.
	D E Case
	Br Med J  1978;1:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Schumann's hand injury.
	H Mather
	Br Med J  1978;1:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1281-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GP obstetrics.
	G N Marsh
	Br Med J  1978;1:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1281-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the respiratory system.
	J W Todd
	Br Med J  1978;1:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1281-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lithium toxicity.
	S P Tyrer
	Br Med J  1978;1:1281-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1281-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endometrial assessment.
	M E Paterson, D W Sturdee, M Thom, J W Studd
	Br Med J  1978;1:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1282 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Demeclocycline in congestive cardiac failure.
	R R Ghose, R Bonser
	Br Med J  1978;1:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1282-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aortography in infantile coarctation.
	B Denham
	Br Med J  1978;1:1282-1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1282-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Facet joints and low back pain.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bleeding gastric erosion after oral zinc sulphate.
	A A Morgan
	Br Med J  1978;1:1283-1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1283-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gin Seng and mastalgia.
	B V Palmer, A C Montgomery, J C Monteiro
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Flight from specialist medicine.
	T Mortimer
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services: new code of practice.
	J W Bone
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital day nurseries.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital practitioner grade.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;1:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1271 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: What kind of cot death?
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-n [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;1:1286-1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1286 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;1:1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1289 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;1:1267-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Routine procedures in general anaesthesia
	M A Thompson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1275-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1275-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Routine procedures in general anaesthesia
	N C Hypher
	Br Med J  1978;1:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1276 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	M J G Harrison, L A Wilson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1276-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	Bryan Lask
	Br Med J  1978;1:1276-1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1276-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	D P Choyce
	Br Med J  1978;1:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	L Rose
	Br Med J  1978;1:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1277-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhibition of fibrinolysis and abruptio placentae
	B Åstedt, I M Nilsson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fighting Spirit
	Frank Richardson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The abuse of slides
	Jill Wilkinson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1280-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Facet joints and low back pain
	A H G Murley
	Br Med J  1978;1:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1283-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperbaric oxygen
	B K Mandal
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA and the Abortion Act
	J H Scotson
	Br Med J  1978;1:1284-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1284-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economy in drug prescribing
	Paul Oldfield
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economy in drug prescribing
	John A Hall, G J Davies
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economy in drug prescribing
	S Swaddle
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economy in drug prescribing
	Derek Wilkins
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Plasmapheresis in pregnancy
	D Lee
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Pilots' hearts
	V B Maxwell
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Self-multilation in the severely retarded
	D A Primrose
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Needle tracheostomy for acute upper airway obstruction
	N Ripley
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Windows in operating theatres
	G A D Lavy
	Br Med J  1978;1:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Checking the endotracheal tube
	D Blatchley
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-j [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: SI, moles, and drugs
	D W FitzSimons
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-k [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Whooping cough
	G H B Martin
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-l [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Liver fluke in Britain
	A T Hunt
	Br Med J  1978;1:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1285-m [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;1:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1272 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Donald Mainland
	Br Med J  1978;1:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Mechanism of action of insulin in diabetic patients: a dose-related effect on glucose production and utilisation
	P M Brown, C V Tompkins, S Juul, P H Sönksen
	Br Med J  1978;1:1239-1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1239 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Assaults on doctors.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1229-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ocular hypertension.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1230-1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating pressure sores.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1232 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing fat embolism.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1232-1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1232-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New contract out to ballot.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1234 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors influencing the incidence of neonatal jaundice.
	L Friedman, P J Lewis, P Clifton, C J Bulpitt
	Br Med J  1978;1:1235-1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High prevalence of hyperuricaemia and gout in an urbanised Micronesian population.
	P Z Zimmet, S Whitehouse, L Jackson, K Thoma
	Br Med J  1978;1:1237-1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1237 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cimetidine for recurrent ulcer after vagotomy or gastrectomy: a randomised controlled trial.
	T Kennedy, A Spencer
	Br Med J  1978;1:1242-1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1242 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vestibulogenic imbalance.
	J Foley
	Br Med J  1978;1:1244-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1244 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiotherapy in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease.
	A R Timothy, S B Sutcliffe, A G Stansfeld, P F Wrigley, A E Jones
	Br Med J  1978;1:1246-1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1246 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belt injury to ileostomy.
	A J Wilkinson, W G Humphreys
	Br Med J  1978;1:1249-1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1249 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Burn hazard with cement.
	M W Flowers
	Br Med J  1978;1:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1250 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HLA phenotypes in long-term survivors treated with BCG immunotherapy for childhood ALL.
	T Tursz, J Hors, M Lipinski, J L Aamiel
	Br Med J  1978;1:1250-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1250-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spurious polycythaemia developing during observation.
	L E Ramsay
	Br Med J  1978;1:1251-1252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophageal perforation due to paraquat.
	P Ackrill, P S Hasleton, A J Ralston
	Br Med J  1978;1:1252-1253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1252 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severity of notified measles.
	C L Miller
	Br Med J  1978;1:1253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1253 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home or hospital care for coronary thrombosis?
	A Colling, P Carson, J Hampton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1254-1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1254 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the respiratory system. Asthma.
	G M Sterling
	Br Med J  1978;1:1259-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from...Zurich. Paediatric surgery in Europe: the first five years of EUPSA.
	P P Rickham
	Br Med J  1978;1:1262-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1262 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had...Severe rheumatoid arthritis.
	B McConkey
	Br Med J  1978;1:1265-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vacuum pipelines for anaesthetic pollution control.
	D W Bethune, J M Collis
	Br Med J  1978;1:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1283-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	America's influence on Japanese health.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1321-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1321 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;1:1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1290 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New contract for medical and dental NHS consultants
	Br Med J  1978;1:1291-1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1291 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS—Contract overwhelmingly approved
	Br Med J  1978;1:1297-1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1297 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Questions on the contract
	Br Med J  1978;1:1299-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6122.1299 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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