Department of inappropriate investigations.
	G H Whitehouse
	Br Med J  1977;2:1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ECT and the media: consequences, expectations, and some facts.
	M Segal
	Br Med J  1977;2:1537-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1537-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perforation of chronic duodenal ulcer during treatment with cimetidine.
	D J Ellis, J D Hamer, S E Baker
	Br Med J  1977;2:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1538 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antidepressants--yes or no?
	R J Kerry, J E Orme
	Br Med J  1977;2:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1538-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Further experience with primary excision of brain abscess.
	A R Choudhury, J C Taylor, R Whitaker, J L Firth
	Br Med J  1977;2:1538-1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1538-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiation of the young brain.
	S C Finch, H B Hamilton
	Br Med J  1977;2:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid disease and asthma.
	J Fedrick, J A Baldwin
	Br Med J  1977;2:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1539-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oral contraceptives, smoking, and venous thromboembolism.
	T W Meade, R Chakrabarti
	Br Med J  1977;2:1539-1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1539-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Curing" minor illness in general practice.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	First morning urine culture.
	W R Cattell, M A McSherry, F O'Grady
	Br Med J  1977;2:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1540-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Developmental screening of preschool children.
	J A McCluskie
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nomenclature of chronic hepatitis.
	R G Benians
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of depot tranquillisers in psychiatric disorders.
	M Trimble
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Beta-blocking drugs in diabetes.
	J R Lawrence, B C Campbell, B Whiting
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Borderline substances.
	D G Mayne
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Femoral vein thrombosis and total hip replacement.
	A K Clarke
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment costs in the USA.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pleuropericardial lesion in Q fever.
	J R Pinto
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat belt legislation.
	W H Rutherford
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542-1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Investigation of preclinical iron overload.
	P S Parfrey, A Turnbell, D J Pollock, M D Barnett
	Br Med J  1977;2:1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1543 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tourist hepatitis.
	R Steffen
	Br Med J  1977;2:1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1543-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of levodopa on "frontal" signs in Parkinsonism.
	A Morel-Maroger
	Br Med J  1977;2:1543-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1543-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reptilase test in cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
	R D Barr
	Br Med J  1977;2:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1544 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality and life insurance.
	T M Pickard
	Br Med J  1977;2:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1544-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circadian rhythms and affective disorder.
	J P Crawford
	Br Med J  1977;2:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1544-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anxieties and fears about plutonium.
	J D Watts
	Br Med J  1977;2:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1544-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lecithin: sphingomyelin ratio and presence of vernix in amniotic fluid.
	J M McLaughlan, A M Chang
	Br Med J  1977;2:1544-1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1544-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical services for new towns.
	D Miles
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency in emergency departments.
	J Marrow
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Diet and heart: a postscript
	Br Med J  1977;2:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1550 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain
	Br Med J  1977;2:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1550-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1977;2:1546-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1546 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1977;2:1551-1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1977;2:1532-1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1532 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	"Curing" minor illness in general practice
	W F Wallace
	Br Med J  1977;2:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1540-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Curing" minor illness in general practice
	I G Mowat
	Br Med J  1977;2:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1540-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgeons and money
	J L Somervell
	Br Med J  1977;2:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1541-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Femoral vein thrombosis and total hip replacement
	J D Stamatakis, V V Kakkar
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment costs in the USA
	H T N Sears
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cockles of the heart
	John Apley
	Br Med J  1977;2:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1542-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Removal expenses of clinical academic staff
	E Grey-Turner
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice premises
	T White
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Decline of visiting
	J Hywel Rees
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Decline of visiting
	B Whitaker
	Br Med J  1977;2:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1545-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1977;2:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1535 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Myer Goldman
	Br Med J  1977;2:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1536 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Carcinoma of the pancreas.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1497-1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Challenging clinical judgment.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cutaneous abscesses.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1499 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uncovering physical illness in elderly patients with dementia.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1499-1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1499-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postoperative chest infections.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1500-1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rural dispensing.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Déjà vu for consultants.
	Br Med J  1977;2:1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perceived noise in surgical wards and an intensive care area: an objective analysis.
	S Bentley, F Murphy, H Dudley
	Br Med J  1977;2:1503-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1503 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cimetidine for duodenal ulceration in patients undergoing haemodialysis.
	C C Doherty, F A O'Connor, K D Buchanan, M G McGeown
	Br Med J  1977;2:1506-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1506 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glutamate dehydrogenase: a reliable marker of liver cell necrosis in the alcoholic.
	L Van Waes, C S Lieber
	Br Med J  1977;2:1508-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1508 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Methotrexate-induced malabsorption in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
	A W Craft, H Kay, D N Lawson, T J McElwain
	Br Med J  1977;2:1511-1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1511 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute leukaemia after busulphan.
	H Stott, W Fox, D J Girling, R J Stephens, D A Galton
	Br Med J  1977;2:1513-1517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal papillary necrosis after aspirin and alclofenac.
	R Gokal, D R Matthews
	Br Med J  1977;2:1517-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Convulsions and hyperglycaemia associated with nalidixic acid.
	A G Fraser, A D Harrower
	Br Med J  1977;2:1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alpha and beta coma in drug intoxication.
	W M Carroll, F L Mastiglia
	Br Med J  1977;2:1518-1519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1518-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atrial fibrillation complicating Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome treated with amiodarone.
	D A Chamberlain, A N Clark
	Br Med J  1977;2:1519-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1519 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diurnal variation of serum urate in pregnancy.
	L M Hill, C Furness, W Dunlop
	Br Med J  1977;2:1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1520 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic value of HBeAg in chronic persistent hepatitis.
	G Pastore, P Dentico, G Fera, O Schiraldi
	Br Med J  1977;2:1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1521 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sleep deprivation in patients undergoing operation: a factor in the stress of surgery.
	F Murphy, S Bentley, B W Ellis, H Dudley
	Br Med J  1977;2:1521-1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1521-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Failure of heparin to alter the outcome of pneumococcal meningitis.
	J T MacFarlane, P G Cleland, E D Attai, B M Greenwood
	Br Med J  1977;2:1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1522 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The case for recording events in clinical trials.
	D C Skegg, R Doll
	Br Med J  1977;2:1523-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1523 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast carcinoma associated with pregnancy: a clinician's dilemma.
	G G Ribeiro, M K Palmer
	Br Med J  1977;2:1524-1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1524 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Defective blood glucose counter-regulation in diabetics is a selective form of autonomic neuropathy.
	L V Campbell, E W Kraegen, L Lazarus
	Br Med J  1977;2:1527-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1527 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where shall John go? North-western Australia.
	C L Hughes
	Br Med J  1977;2:1530-1531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1530 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1977;2:1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1554 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS: Secretary of State stalls on new contract
	Br Med J  1977;2:1555-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract negotiations
	Br Med J  1977;2:1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1557 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proposed new contract for NHS consultants
	Br Med J  1977;2:1558-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1558 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rural dispensing—Recommendations of Clothier Committee
	Br Med J  1977;2:1559-1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS pay and the 10% ceiling
	Roger Dyson
	Br Med J  1977;2:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6101.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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