Reactions to dextran.
	R Fothergill, G A Heaney
	Br Med J  1976;2:1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The NHS is dead: long live the NHS.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1502-1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1502-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Defense against bacterial drug resistance.
	T D Wyatt, W P Ferguson, T S Wilson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1503-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paroxysmal brain stem dysfunction in multiple sclerosis.
	M Espir, P Millac
	Br Med J  1976;2:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1503-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillin-insensitive pneumococci.
	D Hansman
	Br Med J  1976;2:1503-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1503-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol-induced cushingoid syndrome.
	A Paton
	Br Med J  1976;2:1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1504-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a future for community medicine.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1504-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1504-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudomonas cepacia as contaminant of propamidine disinfectants.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1505-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The hospitals we need.
	I S Loudon
	Br Med J  1976;2:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1506 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction--home or hospital care.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1506-1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1506-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are dietitians a luxury.
	F S Patton
	Br Med J  1976;2:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1507 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sodium valproate: dosage for children.
	R B Smith
	Br Med J  1976;2:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1507-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Survival at sea.
	D Cullen
	Br Med J  1976;2:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1507-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	D-Penicillamine.
	D Brewerton
	Br Med J  1976;2:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1507-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preoperative skin preparation.
	S P Linton, A H Linton
	Br Med J  1976;2:1507-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1507-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic use in general practice.
	J B Metcalfe
	Br Med J  1976;2:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1508 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Adrenal aldosterone-producing adenoma: use of colonic potential in diagnosis and subtraction scanning technique for localisation
	Br Med J  1976;2:1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1513 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mercy killing and the law
	Br Med J  1976;2:1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1513-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changed levels of endogenous sex steroids in women on oral contraceptives
	Br Med J  1976;2:1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1513-b [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY NOTICES
	Br Med J  1976;2:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1510 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1976;2:1511-1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1511 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Scenes from Surgical Life
	James Calnan
	Br Med J  1976;2:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Burns of the Upper Extremity
	J S Cason
	Br Med J  1976;2:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1509-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Encyclopaedic Handbook of Medical Psychology
	W H Trethowan
	Br Med J  1976;2:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1509-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	The NHS is dead: long live the NHS
	J M Gate
	Br Med J  1976;2:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillin-insensitive pneumococci
	L P Garrod
	Br Med J  1976;2:1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a future for community medicine?
	R Barclay, Margaret S B Langton, W C Shepherd, Norman Vetter
	Br Med J  1976;2:1504-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1504-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Whiplash" injuries and seatbelts
	William Gissane, J P Bull
	Br Med J  1976;2:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudomonas cepacia as contaminant of propamidine disinfectants
	J E Shinner
	Br Med J  1976;2:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1505-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Undesirable publicity for GMC hearings
	Peter M Kinloch
	Br Med J  1976;2:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1505-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BUPA and the long-stay patient
	R G Cooper, L A M Ford
	Br Med J  1976;2:1505-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1505-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction—home or hospital care?
	Ronald Mac Keith
	Br Med J  1976;2:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1506-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial infarction—home or hospital care?
	Kenneth Edwards
	Br Med J  1976;2:1506-1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1506-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic use in general practice
	J G R Howie
	Br Med J  1976;2:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1508-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sectional strife
	S Blackburn
	Br Med J  1976;2:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1508-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JHDA
	J R Sampson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1508-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior Members Forum
	David Bell
	Br Med J  1976;2:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1508-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Any Questions?
	Br Med J  1976;2:1495-1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1495 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1976;2:1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	J A Muir Gray
	Br Med J  1976;2:1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	The Becker type X-linked muscular dystrophy.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1465-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intrapartum fetal monitoring for all.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1466 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemotherapy for varicella-zoster infections.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1466-1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1466-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vaccination against EB virus.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1467-1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical migration: go East, young man.
	Br Med J  1976;2:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prednisone in MOPP chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
	C Jacobs, C S Portlock, S A Rosenberg
	Br Med J  1976;2:1469-1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1469 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New technique for investigating bacterial flora of female periurethral area.
	W Brumfitt, J M Hamilton-Miller, M Bakhtiar, J Cooper
	Br Med J  1976;2:1471-1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1471 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abnormal calcium metabolism in normocalcaemic sarcoidosis.
	M Reiner, G Sigurdsson, V Nunziata, M A Malik, G W Poole, G F Joplin
	Br Med J  1976;2:1473-1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1473 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mild hypertension: a clinical trial conducted in hospital general practice.
	H E Joesbury, C A Phillips, R T Garrett, E Wilkes, A J Smith
	Br Med J  1976;2:1476-1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1476 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Significance of variations in blood: breath partition coefficient of alcohol.
	T A Alobaidi, D W Hill, J P Payne
	Br Med J  1976;2:1479-1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1479 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coagulation and fibrinolysis in intact hydatidiform molar pregnancy.
	F H Tsakok, S Koh, S S Ratnam
	Br Med J  1976;2:1481-1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1481 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria-like defect in red cells in chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
	D K Watson, A M Barlow, E M Hewer
	Br Med J  1976;2:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac surgery in Wessex: review of 1000 consecutive open-heart procedures.
	J K Ross, J L Monro, J M Manners, J C Edwards, B Lewis, I Hyde, N Conway, A M Johnson
	Br Med J  1976;2:1485-1489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diseases of the alimentary system; Nausea and vomiting.
	D Gibbs
	Br Med J  1976;2:1489-1492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1489 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ligamentous injuries around the knee.
	E L Trickey
	Br Med J  1976;2:1492-1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1492 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self-help society for eczema sufferers and their families.
	J Launer
	Br Med J  1976;2:1494-1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1494 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regional survey of femoral neck fractures.
	S C Gallannaugh, A Martin, P H Millard
	Br Med J  1976;2:1496-1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1496 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Problems of disabled students.
	A D Gunn
	Br Med J  1976;2:1498-1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1976;2:1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1514 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors in the community—freedom of movement
	Br Med J  1976;2:1515-1517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1515 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS—Extension of hospital practitioner grade demanded
	Br Med J  1976;2:1518-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Journal Committee—Unanimous recommendation to remove "restriction" in advertisements
	Br Med J  1976;2:1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6050.1520 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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