Correction
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	Obituary: JOAN MALLESON, M.B
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Articles

This week's Articles

	SUPPLEMENT 2688
	Br Med J  1956;2:S75-S88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.S75 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Biosynthesis of Haemoglobin
	C. Rimington
	Br Med J  1956;2:189-193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.189 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnostic Use of Adrenal Inhibition in Cushing's Syndrome
	C. L. Cope
	Br Med J  1956;2:193-197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.193 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute Hyperparathyroidism with Electrocardiographic Changes
	Bertram A. Bradlow, Nathan Segel
	Br Med J  1956;2:197-200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.197 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antiseptics in Midwifery
	Roy M. Calman, John Murray
	Br Med J  1956;2:200-204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.200 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of Cancer of Lung and Stomach
	Alan McKenzie
	Br Med J  1956;2:204-207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.204 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reassessment of Effect of Fatty Meals on Blood Coagulability
	G. H. Hall
	Br Med J  1956;2:207-209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.207 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Strawberry Lesion" of the Recto-sigmoid
	G. K. Thomas
	Br Med J  1956;2:209-211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of "Hibernation" in Severely Shocked Patients
	Sheila Kenny
	Br Med J  1956;2:211-212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ANNOTATIONS
	Br Med J  1956;2:219-221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.219 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PLENARY SESSIONS AND THE SECTIONS
	Br Med J  1956;2:222-236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.222 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1956;2:246-248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.246 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	VASCULAR SURGERY
	J. B. Kinmonth
	Br Med J  1956;2:215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HORMONE RESEARCH
	G. I. M. Swyer
	Br Med J  1956;2:215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.215-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
	Paul Wood
	Br Med J  1956;2:215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.215-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Why Not Prevented?
	Leonard Colebrook
	Br Med J  1956;2:239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cortisone and Aspirin
	G. A. Smart
	Br Med J  1956;2:239-240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.239-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cortisone and Aspirin
	G. E. Loxton
	Br Med J  1956;2:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.240 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypospadias
	H. P. Pickerill, Cecily M. Pickerill
	Br Med J  1956;2:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.240-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaesthetic Emergencies
	F. W. B. Kittel
	Br Med J  1956;2:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.240-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Broken Probe
	G. H. Gibbens
	Br Med J  1956;2:240-241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.240-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Staphylococcal Infections after Pneumonectomy
	P. J. Heery
	Br Med J  1956;2:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.241 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poliomyelitis
	Cyril C. Slack
	Br Med J  1956;2:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.241-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaesthesia and Apnoea Neonatorum After Caesarean Section
	Joseph Taylor
	Br Med J  1956;2:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.241-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paediatric Anaesthesia
	R. Blair Gould
	Br Med J  1956;2:241-242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.241-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paediatric Anaesthesia
	Geoffrey Hyman
	Br Med J  1956;2:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.242 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paediatric Anaesthesia
	R. L. Cumming
	Br Med J  1956;2:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.242-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Divine Healing
	Gwenda M. Lewis
	Br Med J  1956;2:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.242-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Divine Healing
	Paul C. Gibson
	Br Med J  1956;2:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.242-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	German Measles
	Philip Evans
	Br Med J  1956;2:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.243 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Athlete's Foot
	G. P. Crean
	Br Med J  1956;2:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.243-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subclinical Oedema
	J. V. O. Reid
	Br Med J  1956;2:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.243-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rovsing's Sign
	E. E. T. Taylor
	Br Med J  1956;2:243-244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.243-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rovsing's Sign
	John Ferguson
	Br Med J  1956;2:244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.244 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preparation for Marriage
	G. de M. Rudolf
	Br Med J  1956;2:244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.244-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Jig for Inserting Radon Seeds
	Anthony Green
	Br Med J  1956;2:244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.244-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral Abscess and Tetralogy of Fallot
	Neville Boland
	Br Med J  1956;2:244-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.244-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
	Hugh R. E. Wallis
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal Death from Aspiration Asphyxia
	J. A. Chalmers
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Grammar School for Physically Handicapped
	I. D. Dawson Shepherd
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zoological Nomenclature
	E. H. Eason
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dr. Janet S. Darling Memorial Fund
	Lesley D. Cooper
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	POINTS FROM LETTERS: Laxatives in Schoolchildren
	J. Maizel
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	POINTS FROM LETTERS: Alexander the Great
	Agnes Savill
	Br Med J  1956;2:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.245-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General Articles and News

This week's General Articles and News

	International Congress of Gastroenterology
	Br Med J  1956;2:236-238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British Association of Plastic Surgeons
	Br Med J  1956;2:238-239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.238 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Notes in Parliament
	Br Med J  1956;2:248-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.248-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vital Statistics
	Br Med J  1956;2:251-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical News
	Br Med J  1956;2:252-253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.252 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Questions and Comments
	Br Med J  1956;2:254-256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.254 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	The Artful Dodger
	Br Med J  1956;2:216-217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotics versus Staphylococci
	Br Med J  1956;2:217-218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.217 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A B.M.A. Centenary
	Br Med J  1956;2:218-219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.218 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Memoranda

This week's Medical Memoranda

	Benign Multilocular Intraperitoneal Air Cysts Simulating Carcinoma of the Colon
	D. E. Sturdy
	Br Med J  1956;2:212-214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leprosy Diagnosed as Syringomyelia
	C. J. Lucas
	Br Med J  1956;2:214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4986.214 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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