New consultant contract.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1415-1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1415 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testing the "rest" hypothesis on anencephaly and spina bifida.
	W H James
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diuretics in the elderly.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417-1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inactivation of agent of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
	R J Fallon
	Br Med J  1978;1:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1418 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophageal stricture: a late complication of endoscopy?
	Br Med J  1978;1:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1418-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PUVA treatment of psoriasis.
	M Whitefield, H R Hudson, D Hyatt
	Br Med J  1978;1:1418-1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1418-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had...
	Br Med J  1978;1:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1419 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of severe acute asthma.
	A Seaton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1420-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Schumann's hand injury.
	A Walker
	Br Med J  1978;1:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1420-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diazepam in pre-eclamptic toxaemia.
	A N Speight
	Br Med J  1978;1:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1420-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating pressure sores.
	M D Whyatt
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testicular biopsy in oligozoospermia.
	R E Yodaiken
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The postcoital test: what is normal?
	P M Lewis
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fluorouracil cardiotoxicity.
	M Soukop, J G McVie, K C Calman
	Br Med J  1978;1:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1422 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tryptophan dosage critical for its antidepressant effect.
	G Chouinard, S N Young, L Annable, T L Sourkes
	Br Med J  1978;1:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1422-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Chronic bronchitis
	Br Med J  1978;1:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1407 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;1:1424-1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1424 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;1:1427-1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1427 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;1:1408-1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1408 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	New consultant contract
	I G Schraibman
	Br Med J  1978;1:1415-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1415-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract
	David J B Ashley
	Br Med J  1978;1:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1416 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract
	Nigel H Harris
	Br Med J  1978;1:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1416-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract
	Maurice Burrows
	Br Med J  1978;1:1416-1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1416-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Partial meniscectomy preferred
	Ernest Want
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diuretics in the elderly
	Leonard Rosenthal
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diuretics in the elderly
	D A Lawrence Watt
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417-1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophageal stricture: a late complication of endoscopy?
	D J Holdstock
	Br Med J  1978;1:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1418-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	Stanley Aylett
	Br Med J  1978;1:1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1419-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	John Primrose
	Br Med J  1978;1:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1419-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had..
	John Gillingham
	Br Med J  1978;1:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testicular biopsy in oligozoospermia
	J H Aafjes, J C M v d Vijver, P E Schenck
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The postcoital test: what is normal?
	Gabor T Kovacs
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nelson's signal
	Mary Evans
	Br Med J  1978;1:1421-1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1421-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Discord at Dulwich
	F C Harris
	Br Med J  1978;1:1422-1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1422-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circumcision
	R M Dipple
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health Trends
	H Yellowlees
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Devolution in Wales
	G Murray Jones
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Prednisone in severe asthma
	H G J Herxheimer
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: To sign or not to sign?
	M A Ganderton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Doctors as teachers
	H G Easton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: After-life of an after-birth
	C J G Sutton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Asbestos in alcoholic beverages
	S K Majumdar
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from letters: Review Body Report
	J Findlater
	Br Med J  1978;1:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1423-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Letter from Ontario: Research at long odds
	Michael C Brain
	Br Med J  1978;1:1405-1406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1405 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;1:1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1413 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Anthony J Ferris
	Br Med J  1978;1:1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1414 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Preregistration posts.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1371-1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1371 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improvement of perinatal care.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1372-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1372 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Three centuries of British drinking.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1373 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glycolysated haemoglobin and diabetic control.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1373-1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1373-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Liver disease and anaesthesia.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1374-1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1374 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kidney failure in liver disease.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1375-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1375 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronotherapeutics, a new clinical science.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1376 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intermittent claudication: factors determining outcome.
	W G Hughson, J I Mann, D J Tibbs, H F Woods, I Walton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1377-1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1377 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intermittent claudication: prevalence and risk factors.
	W G Hughson, J I Mann, A Garrod
	Br Med J  1978;1:1379-1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1379 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol a calcium-regulating hormone in man?
	J A Kanis, T Cundy, M Bartlett, R Smith, G Heynen, G T Warner, R G Russell
	Br Med J  1978;1:1382-1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1382 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Beta-blockers: once or three times a day?
	T Reybrouck, A Amery, R Fagard, P Jousten, P Lijnen, E Meulepas
	Br Med J  1978;1:1386-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1386 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Simplified oesophageal transection for bleeding varices.
	G W Johnston
	Br Med J  1978;1:1388-1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1388 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary fibres, fibre analogues, and glucose tolerance: importance of viscosity.
	D J Jenkins, T M Wolever, A R Leeds, M A Gassull, P Haisman, J Dilawari, D V Goff, G L Metz, K G Alberti
	Br Med J  1978;1:1392-1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1392 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Snare polypectomy by sigmoid-rectal intussusception.
	P E Gillespie, R J Nicholls, J P Thomson, C B Williams
	Br Med J  1978;1:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1395 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary oedema after propranolol therapy in two cases of phaeochromocytoma.
	J D Wark, R G Larkins
	Br Med J  1978;1:1395-1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1395-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rheumatoid arthritis: C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate during initial treatment.
	R S Amos, R A Crockson, A P Crockson, L Walsh, B McConkey
	Br Med J  1978;1:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1396 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How patients use domiciliary oxygen.
	M M Jones, J E Harvey, A E Tattersfield
	Br Med J  1978;1:1397-1400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1397 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If I had a melaena.
	A Paton
	Br Med J  1978;1:1400-1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1400 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bromocriptine in Parkinsonism.
	I Pearce, J M Pearce
	Br Med J  1978;1:1402-1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1402 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the respiratory system: conclusions and problems.
	D T Hughes
	Br Med J  1978;1:1406-1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1406 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Partial meniscectomy preferred.
	Br Med J  1978;1:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1417 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;1:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1429 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS matters—Contract ballot
	Br Med J  1978;1:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1430 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMSC: Review Body Report "received"
	Br Med J  1978;1:1431-1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1431 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' pensions and the phased award
	Br Med J  1978;1:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1432 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA's evidence to Review Body—Community medicine
	Br Med J  1978;1:1433-1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6124.1433 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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