Mentally disordered offenders.
	Br Med J  1979;1:263-264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.263 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Return to work after coronary artery surgery for angina.
	P Nixon, N Weinstock
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gonococcal arthritis.
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatotoxic effects of repeated anaesthetics.
	J W Dundee, G W Black, D W Neill
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belts and the safe car.
	M J Gilkes
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bicycle accidents.
	J P Walter
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ergotamine tartrate overdosage.
	J N Blau, M Critchley, R W Gilliat, R Greene, E Hanington, K M Hay, J Marshall, F C Rose, J W Turner, M Wilkinson
	Br Med J  1979;1:265-266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tranexamic acid in chronic urticaria.
	D Tant
	Br Med J  1979;1:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is a cohort?
	A L Jacobs
	Br Med J  1979;1:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cataracts.
	Br Med J  1979;1:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kielland's forceps.
	Br Med J  1979;1:266-267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Silver poisoning associated with an antismoking lozenge.
	D Shelton, R Goulding
	Br Med J  1979;1:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of tuberculosis.
	A M Sutherland
	Br Med J  1979;1:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.267-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contribution of poor blood pressure control to strokes.
	R Hamdy, M A Nasar
	Br Med J  1979;1:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.267-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health risks from keeping cats.
	Br Med J  1979;1:267-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.267-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Miniature peak-flow meters.
	B J Freedman
	Br Med J  1979;1:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.268-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid disease and pregnancy.
	P R Daggett, S McHardy-Young
	Br Med J  1979;1:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.268-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Labetalol and urinary catecholamines.
	R Kolloch, L Miano, V De Quattro
	Br Med J  1979;1:268-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.268-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs.
	M H Ball
	Br Med J  1979;1:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.269 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plasma lipoproteins in renal transplant patients.
	A J Nicholls
	Br Med J  1979;1:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.269-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophageal reflux and its myths.
	Br Med J  1979;1:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.269-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Beta-blockers and the peripheral circulation.
	T Pickering
	Br Med J  1979;1:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac resuscitation with electricity.
	Br Med J  1979;1:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.270-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who heads x-ray departments?
	Br Med J  1979;1:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultants now a special case.
	B O Scott
	Br Med J  1979;1:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opportunity in health visiting.
	M Hall
	Br Med J  1979;1:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.272 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing at a crossroads.
	Br Med J  1979;1:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.272-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescribing--is a second opinion required?
	N Chisholm
	Br Med J  1979;1:272-273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.272-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thoughts on hospital staffing.
	M Foss
	Br Med J  1979;1:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.273-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fee for service or capitation fee?
	A G Dawrant
	Br Med J  1979;1:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.273-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selection of medical students.
	R E Wakeford
	Br Med J  1979;1:273-274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.273-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: London Dyslexia Association
	Br Med J  1979;1:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: New Year Honours
	Br Med J  1979;1:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.277-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1979;1:275-277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1979;1:278-280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1979;1:255-260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.255 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Mentally disordered offenders
	S B Telford
	Br Med J  1979;1:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.264 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mentally disordered offenders
	K C Bailey
	Br Med J  1979;1:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.264-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mentally disordered offenders
	Donald Williams
	Br Med J  1979;1:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.264-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gonococcal arthritis
	Martin Talbot
	Br Med J  1979;1:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.265-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Not the language of medicine
	Barbara Evans
	Br Med J  1979;1:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cataracts
	Douglas Gordon
	Br Med J  1979;1:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kielland's forceps
	D Maclean
	Br Med J  1979;1:266-267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.266-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contribution of poor blood pressure control to strokes
	P G E Kennedy, B I Hoffbrand
	Br Med J  1979;1:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.267-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health risks from keeping cats
	C P Beattie
	Br Med J  1979;1:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.268 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics
	T D V Swinscow
	Br Med J  1979;1:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.268-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophageal reflux and its myths
	J A C Thorpe
	Br Med J  1979;1:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.269-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disrespect for language
	Hugh Sinclair
	Br Med J  1979;1:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.269-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac resuscitation with electricity
	Howard B Burchell
	Br Med J  1979;1:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.270-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of Medical Electrical Equipment
	C S Ward
	Br Med J  1979;1:270-271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.270-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who heads x-ray departments?
	D W Pilling
	Br Med J  1979;1:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who heads x-ray departments?
	D G Shaw
	Br Med J  1979;1:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who heads x-ray departments?
	D J Lintott, K C Simpkins
	Br Med J  1979;1:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pathologists' work load
	Tony Keable-Elliott
	Br Med J  1979;1:271-272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.271-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing at a crossroads
	E L Thompson
	Br Med J  1979;1:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.272-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Revised career structure: first priority
	Michael H Best
	Br Med J  1979;1:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Postoperative pain
	F P Antia
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	F R C Manning
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	R E Church
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	J B Tracey
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	N P Silverton, G Silverton
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	L G Morgan
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Shingles: a belt of roses from Hell
	A C Cattanach
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Viruses and reclaimed water
	G Myddelton
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Glue ear, grommets, and swimming
	A L Pahor, D A Causer
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Possible effect of time on renal allograft rejection
	D P Papworth
	Br Med J  1979;1:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: "Trump cards for GPs"
	E D Irvine
	Br Med J  1979;1:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.274-j [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1979;1:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.241 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Kuwait: World in the sand
	Geoffrey J Lloyd
	Br Med J  1979;1:251-252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1979;1:261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	John M Last
	Br Med J  1979;1:262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.262 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Age and death in breast cancer.
	Br Med J  1979;1:211-212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Premenstrual tension syndrome.
	Br Med J  1979;1:212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hazards of fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
	Br Med J  1979;1:212-213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.212-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Typhoid fever.
	Br Med J  1979;1:213-214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.213 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manic states in affective disorders of childhood and adolescence.
	Br Med J  1979;1:214-215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.214 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Registers for the prevention of genetic disease.
	Br Med J  1979;1:215-216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pathogenesis of amyloid disease.
	Br Med J  1979;1:216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion and the NHS: the first decade.
	F G Fowkes, J C Catford, R F Logan
	Br Med J  1979;1:217-219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improved metabolic profiles in insulin-treated diabetic patients given an alpha-glucosidehydrolase inhibitor.
	R J Walton, I T Sherif, G A Noy, K G Alberti
	Br Med J  1979;1:220-221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.220 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diet, sunlight, and 25-hydroxy vitamin D in healthy children and adults.
	E M Poskitt, T J Cole, D E Lawson
	Br Med J  1979;1:221-223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of natriuretic, uricosuric, and antihypertensive properties of tienilic acid, bendrofluazide, and spironolactone.
	C J Roberts, A J Marshall, S Heaton, D W Barritt
	Br Med J  1979;1:224-226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.224 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infiltration of central nervous system in adult acute myeloid leukaemia.
	M J Pippard, S T Callender, P W Sheldon
	Br Med J  1979;1:227-229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.227 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lithium, manic-depressive illness, and psychological test performance.
	R J Kerry, J E Orme
	Br Med J  1979;1:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Amitriptyline plasma concentration and clinical response.
	S A Montgomery, R McAuley, S J Rani, D B Montgomery, R Braithwaite, S Dawling
	Br Med J  1979;1:230-231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.230-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of refractive error on the visual evoked response.
	D W Collins, W M Carroll, J L Black, M Walsh
	Br Med J  1979;1:231-232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.231 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute effects of saline, calcitonin, and hydrocortisone on plasma calcium in vitamin D intoxication.
	P J Heyburn, R M Francis, M Peacock
	Br Med J  1979;1:232-233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.232 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypoxic stillbirth due to entangled intrauterine catheter.
	D G Cave, G R Swingler, P G Skew
	Br Med J  1979;1:233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.233 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful treatment of malignant testicular teratoma with brain metastases.
	S B Kaye, R H Begent, E S Newlands, K D Bagshawe
	Br Med J  1979;1:233-234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.233-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphoproliferative disease in two sisters.
	J V Garrett, R K Newton
	Br Med J  1979;1:234-235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.234 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gastric secretion in peripheral vascular disease.
	C A Clyne, R F McCloy, C W Jamieson, J H Baron
	Br Med J  1979;1:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.235 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Difficulty in stopping lithium prophylaxis?
	D G Wilkinson
	Br Med J  1979;1:235-236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.235-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psoriasis developing during dialysis.
	S M Breathnach, N A Boon, M M Black, N F Jones, A J Wing
	Br Med J  1979;1:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of mastalgia with bromocriptine: a double-blind cross-over study.
	M Blichert-Toft, A N Anderson, O B Henriksen, T Mygind
	Br Med J  1979;1:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.237 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of once-daily atenolol on ambulatory blood pressure.
	M W Craig, D Kenny, S Mann, V Balasubramanian, E B Raftery
	Br Med J  1979;1:237-238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.237-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cadaver nephrectomy: an operation on the donor's family.
	J B Morton, D R Leonard
	Br Med J  1979;1:239-241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.239 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical medical officers in a child health service.
	K Whitmore, M Bax, S Tyrrell
	Br Med J  1979;1:242-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.242 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Road accidents and legal sanctions.
	Br Med J  1979;1:245-247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmic services in the NHS. Ophthalmologists and opticians.
	P A Gardiner
	Br Med J  1979;1:248-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.248 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to do it. Use a library.
	M C Timbury
	Br Med J  1979;1:252-253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.252 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Queensland Melanoma Project--an exercise in health education.
	T Smith
	Br Med J  1979;1:253-254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.253 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1979;1:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Roundup
	Br Med J  1979;1:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.282 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Normansfield: anatomy of the strike
	Br Med J  1979;1:283-285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EEC: No progress on overseas doctors
	Br Med J  1979;1:286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6158.286 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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