Admission of old people to hospital.
	M Gray
	Br Med J  1976;2:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The elderly in a coronary unit.
	B O Williams, T B Begg, T Semple, J B McGuinness
	Br Med J  1976;2:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1007-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coronary care units.
	S Adam
	Br Med J  1976;2:1007-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1007-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bath-taking made easy.
	R G Henderson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Statistics at square one".
	D Middletion
	Br Med J  1976;2:1008-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1008-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Vasovagal" syncope.
	M Johnstone
	Br Med J  1976;2:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual disinhibition with L-tryptophan.
	R P Hullin, T Jerram
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparative diagnositc accuracy of barium meal and endoscopy.
	M W Dronfield, M J Langman, M B McIllmurray
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing infection at the operation site.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of acute myocardial infarction.
	K Lee
	Br Med J  1976;2:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1011-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diets for diabetics.
	H Trowell
	Br Med J  1976;2:1011-1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1011-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blood sugar and beta-blockers.
	S P Deacon
	Br Med J  1976;2:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1012 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oxytocin and neonatal jaundice.
	P Boylan
	Br Med J  1976;2:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1012-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking and genitourinary infection.
	A Boyce, D Schwartz, G David
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hairy legs.
	A K Thomas
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reliable detection of ruptured membranes.
	E Sklovsky, A H MacLennan
	Br Med J  1976;2:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1014-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Curry kidney.
	J A Tambyah
	Br Med J  1976;2:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1014-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hazard of glutethimide.
	J A Mathews, D A Yates
	Br Med J  1976;2:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1014-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormonal pregnancy tests and congenital malformations.
	I Gal
	Br Med J  1976;2:1014-1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1014-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Preoperative prediction of postoperative deep vein thrombosis
	Br Med J  1976;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1020 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMA representation in hospitals
	Br Med J  1976;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1020-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mechanism of the asthma attack
	Br Med J  1976;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1020-b [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1976;2:1016-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY NOTICES
	Br Med J  1976;2:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Desert island books: The book chest for Tegwan
	John Stevens
	Br Med J  1976;2:983-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.983 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: Pacific island views
	John Cunningham
	Br Med J  1976;2:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.985 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: The bedtime story
	John Apley
	Br Med J  1976;2:986-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.986 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: Self-fulfilment denied
	G M Carstairs
	Br Med J  1976;2:987-988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.987 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: A nervous magpie
	Henry R Rollin
	Br Med J  1976;2:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.989 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: Self-fulfilment achieved
	W D Foster
	Br Med J  1976;2:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.990 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: A distinguished college
	James Howie
	Br Med J  1976;2:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.991 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: Experiments with ancient drugs
	Charles Newman
	Br Med J  1976;2:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.992 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: Textbooks for general practice
	Andrew Smith
	Br Med J  1976;2:992-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.992-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Desert island books: New teaching in pathology
	W F Whimster
	Br Med J  1976;2:994-995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.994 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Posts in clinical rheumatology
	D R Swinson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1008-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Double negatives and euphemisms
	James E Morris
	Br Med J  1976;2:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1009-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dangers of tinted glasses for driving
	Molly C Senior
	Br Med J  1976;2:1009-1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1009-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Press that bruise
	Michael Bennett
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing infection at the operation site
	Hamish Thomson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Compulsory seat belts
	John Primrose
	Br Med J  1976;2:1010-1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1010-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children's rights—parents' responsibilities
	Jennian Geddes
	Br Med J  1976;2:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New kinds of doctors
	M Keith Thompson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1011-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing work
	W Whittingham
	Br Med J  1976;2:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1012-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer interrogation of patients
	Geoffrey Dove
	Br Med J  1976;2:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1012-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency medical care
	Theodore I Jones
	Br Med J  1976;2:1012-1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1012-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	TRAB test
	Myre Sim
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Compelling needs of our hospitals
	Christine Lee
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Compelling needs of our hospitals
	David Cargill
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referred itch
	E Elkan
	Br Med J  1976;2:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1013-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Art of general practice
	Derek A Coffman
	Br Med J  1976;2:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1014 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The hospitals we need
	A L de Silva
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Form Med 3
	G A Readett
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Form Med 3
	Patricia Pike
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Frozen increments
	R H Baker, D R Naik, M D Beetham, A Padfield, M J Brown, M A Prenton, D R Cullen, F E Preston, G A B Davies-Jones, B Ross, T Duckworth, J D Shaw, D M Harris, L Spitz, M O Hindle, J D Ward, A E Jephcott, D J K White, P J Moorhead, A M Wilson, W Morris-Jones, E Worthy
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health Service charges
	Ronald Illingworth
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA representation in hospitals
	R G Priest
	Br Med J  1976;2:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1015-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Training in practice
	Br Med J  1976;2:959-960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.959 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Industrial solvents and neuropathy
	Br Med J  1976;2:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.960 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q fever endocarditis
	Br Med J  1976;2:960-961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.960-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postcoital contraception
	Br Med J  1976;2:961-962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.961 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children who die through social disadvantage
	Br Med J  1976;2:962-963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.962 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillinase-producing gonococci
	Br Med J  1976;2:963-964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.963 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Moving towards clinical integration
	Br Med J  1976;2:964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.964 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Any Questions?
	Br Med J  1976;2:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1976;2:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Heather Windle
	Br Med J  1976;2:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Contribution of preterm delivery to perinatal mortality.
	R W Rush, M J Keirse, P Howat, J D Baum, A B Anderson, A C Turnbull
	Br Med J  1976;2:965-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.965 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Graded compression for preventing deep venous thrombosis.
	C P Holford
	Br Med J  1976;2:969-970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.969 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in nystagmus on raising body temperature in clinically suspected and proved multiple sclerosis.
	J V Jestico, P D Ellis
	Br Med J  1976;2:970-972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.970 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can phenformin-induced lactic acidosis be prevented?
	E A Gale, R B Tattersall
	Br Med J  1976;2:972-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.972 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Combined one- and two-dimensional ultrasound system for monitoring fetal breathing movements.
	J W Wladimiroff, C M Ligtvoet, J A Spermon
	Br Med J  1976;2:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.975 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acquired coarctation of the aorta--a long-term complication of irradiation.
	L P Ormerod
	Br Med J  1976;2:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.977 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Malignant hypertension secondary to idiopathic arteritis of the aorta.
	R A Wall, P C Sikland, B Elem
	Br Med J  1976;2:977-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.977-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tracheo-oesophageal fistula associated with hormonal contraception during pregnancy.
	O Frost
	Br Med J  1976;2:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.978 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological manifestations in a patient with filariasis.
	J L Bada, F Fernandez-Nogues, E Cerda, G Rufi
	Br Med J  1976;2:978-979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.978-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of palindromic rheumatism with D-penicillamine.
	E C Huskisson
	Br Med J  1976;2:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.979 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Megaloblastic anaemia due to pyridoxine deficiency associated with prolonged ingestion of an oestrogen-containing oral contraceptive.
	D Tant
	Br Med J  1976;2:979-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.979-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prolactin concentrations during anaesthesia.
	L Morgan, A Barrett, F Beswick, T Hollway, P R Raggatt
	Br Med J  1976;2:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.980 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sodium valproate and thrombocytopenia.
	D A Winfield, P Benton, M L Espir, L J Arthur
	Br Med J  1976;2:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.981 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parkinsonism with a bovine cough: an unusual presentation.
	M J Bendall
	Br Med J  1976;2:981-982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.981-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leptospirosis presenting with profuse haemoptysis.
	B J Burke, J F Searle, D Mattingly
	Br Med J  1976;2:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.982 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What I would say to the Royal Commission. Them and us.
	N B Sprague
	Br Med J  1976;2:996-997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.996 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the alimentary system. Constipation and laxative abuse.
	K Rutter, D Maxwell
	Br Med J  1976;2:997-1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.997 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Road safety: BMA comments.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1000-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1000 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A case of asthma.
	K A Mourin, J Collins
	Br Med J  1976;2:1003-1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1976;2:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Council demands legislation on Merrison Report
	Br Med J  1976;2:1023-1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6042.1023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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