Inadequate prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome.
	R Harris
	Br Med J  1978;2:199-200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.199 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hazards of epilepsy.
	J Wilson
	Br Med J  1978;2:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.200 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous abortion and fetal abnormality in subsequent pregnancy.
	A J Gardiner, C A Clarke, J Cowen, R Finn, O M McKendrick
	Br Med J  1978;2:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.200-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adjuvant chemotherapy in T3 bladder cancer.
	B Richards, P Smith, R Glashan, M R Robinson
	Br Med J  1978;2:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.200-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid extract.
	Br Med J  1978;2:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.200-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living with artificial valves.
	J R Belcher
	Br Med J  1978;2:200-201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.200-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uniform style for biomedical journals.
	Br Med J  1978;2:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Standardisation and safety.
	K B Thomas
	Br Med J  1978;2:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug treatment card.
	I Tait
	Br Med J  1978;2:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oesophagitis as a side effect of emepronium.
	R H Higson
	Br Med J  1978;2:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genital infections and cervical carcinoma.
	B Astedt, S Furgyik, H Hansson
	Br Med J  1978;2:201-202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis.
	C Wookey
	Br Med J  1978;2:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.202 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leukostasis in chronic myeloid leukaemia.
	D S Thompson, A H Goldstone, H F Parry, J D Richards
	Br Med J  1978;2:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.202-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of ulcerative colitis.
	A G Ironside, B Mandal, P F Schofield
	Br Med J  1978;2:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.202-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous remission of nephrotic syndrome in amyloidosis.
	J P Méry
	Br Med J  1978;2:202-203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.202-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Snakes and snake bite.
	Br Med J  1978;2:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.203 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol and the blood.
	D M Chalmers, I Chanarin, A J Levi
	Br Med J  1978;2:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.203-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nutrition and the brain.
	B Kirman
	Br Med J  1978;2:203-204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.203-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors affecting length of hospital stay.
	R Hole
	Br Med J  1978;2:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects on fetus of stilboestrol in pregnancy.
	V Hartley-Brewer
	Br Med J  1978;2:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriate use of tricyclic antidepressants.
	J R Kirwan
	Br Med J  1978;2:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Innovation in the Pharmaceutical industry".
	T B Binns
	Br Med J  1978;2:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Utility of needle aspiration of tumours.
	P A Trott
	Br Med J  1978;2:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors influencing the incidence of neonatal jaundice.
	L Friedman, P J Lewis, P Clifton, C J Bulpitt
	Br Med J  1978;2:204-205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.204-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-epileptic television syncope.
	D M Hall
	Br Med J  1978;2:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.205 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphatic fistula: a complication of arterial surgery.
	R J Croft
	Br Med J  1978;2:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.205-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Windows in operating theatres.
	K Hardy
	Br Med J  1978;2:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.205-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myelography and epidural double-catheter venography.
	G C Meijenhorst
	Br Med J  1978;2:205-206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.205-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chloroquine resistance in Zambia.
	L J Bruce-Chwatt
	Br Med J  1978;2:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PUVA or dithranol?
	M Whitefield
	Br Med J  1978;2:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where are the untreated depressives?
	G H Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoma of the male breast and oestrogen metabolism.
	D A Morgan, A Hong
	Br Med J  1978;2:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality of medical records.
	Br Med J  1978;2:206-207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice records.
	J T Hart
	Br Med J  1978;2:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.207-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Out-of-hours use of clinical pathologists.
	Br Med J  1978;2:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.207-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Registrar redistribution.
	G I da Costa
	Br Med J  1978;2:207-208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.207-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future of British anaesthetics.
	D C Hogg
	Br Med J  1978;2:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A solution for preclinical departments.
	Br Med J  1978;2:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Item-of-service payments to general practitioners.
	J P Anderson
	Br Med J  1978;2:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Gold lung
	Br Med J  1978;2:174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.174-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Family health services
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209-e [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:210-211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:212-214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:192-196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.192 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Uniform style for biomedical journals
	G Tevaarwerk
	Br Med J  1978;2:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.201-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Snakes and snake bite
	M J Gilkes
	Br Med J  1978;2:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.203-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality of medical records
	P Martin
	Br Med J  1978;2:206-207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.206-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The principle of coterminosity and the NHS
	E Wilson Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.207 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract
	W J Harrison
	Br Med J  1978;2:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A solution for preclinical departments
	W S Monkhouse
	Br Med J  1978;2:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unfinished business
	Robin Steel
	Br Med J  1978;2:208-209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.208-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Use of penicillins
	A A Robertson
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Thirty years ago
	F E S Hatfield
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Support for families bereaved by cot death
	Dermod McCarthy
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Support for families bereaved by cot death
	T Mulvey
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How much physical therapy for patients with stroke?
	A J Akhtar, W M Garraway
	Br Med J  1978;2:209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.209-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.184 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Dublin: A Memory of Micheál MacLiammóir (1899-1978)
	Eoin O'Brien
	Br Med J  1978;2:187-188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.187 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.197 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	David Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.198 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Failure to detect intra-abdominal metastases from breast cancer: a case for staging laparotomy
	J Meirion Thomas, W H Redding, R C Coombes, J P Sloane, H T Ford, J-C Gazet, T J Powles
	Br Med J  1978;2:157-159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.157 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Back-up for screening for breast cancer.
	Br Med J  1978;2:153-154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rape and the laboratory.
	Br Med J  1978;2:154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.154 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Homologous artificial insemination.
	Br Med J  1978;2:154-155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.154-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human beta-endorphin: the real opium of the people?
	Br Med J  1978;2:155-156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.155 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical audit and continuing education.
	Br Med J  1978;2:156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.156 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of performance of various sphygmomanometers with intra-arterial blood-pressure readings.
	S N Hunyor, J M Flynn, C Cochineas
	Br Med J  1978;2:159-162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.159 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oxamniquine for treating Schistosoma mansoni infection in Sudan.
	A H Omer
	Br Med J  1978;2:163-165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.163 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autoimmunity in juvenile diabetics and their families.
	G F Bottazzo, J I Mann, M Thorogood, J D Baum, D Doniach
	Br Med J  1978;2:165-168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.165 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal vein renin measurements in children with hypertension.
	M J Dillon, V Shah, T M Barratt
	Br Med J  1978;2:168-170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.168 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Depressive effects of carbamazepine on idioventricular rhythm in man.
	B Beermann, O Edhag
	Br Med J  1978;2:171-172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.171 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sulphamethoxazole, hypoalbuminaemia, crystalluria, and renal failure.
	N Buchanan
	Br Med J  1978;2:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.172 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stimulated sweating in chronic renal failure.
	A J Man in 't Veld, J H van Maanen, I M Schicht
	Br Med J  1978;2:172-173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.172-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inosine in preserving renal function during ischaemic renal surgery.
	J E Wickham, A R Fernando, W F Hendry, L E Watkinson, H N Whitfield, D M Armstrong, J R Griffiths
	Br Med J  1978;2:173-174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.173 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Permanent insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus after congenital temporary diabetes mellitus.
	I W Campbell, D M Fraser, L J Duncan, A J Keay
	Br Med J  1978;2:174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.174 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer. Report from Edinburgh Breast Screening Clinic.
	Br Med J  1978;2:175-178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.175 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer. Statement by British Breast Group.
	Br Med J  1978;2:178-180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.178 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bone scanning in breast cancer. Preliminary statement by British Breast Group on Bone Scanning.
	Br Med J  1978;2:180-181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.180 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of antibiotics. Septicaemia.
	A M Geddes
	Br Med J  1978;2:181-184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.181 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do drug offences matter?
	A M Gordon
	Br Med J  1978;2:185-186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.185 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Expectations of a pregnant woman in relation to her treatment.
	L Micklethwait, R Beard, K Shaw
	Br Med J  1978;2:188-191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.188 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From Tavistock Square
	Br Med J  1978;2:216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	SHSC: Finding the facts on manpower
	Br Med J  1978;2:217-221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.217 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing shortages in NHS hospitals
	Br Med J  1978;2:222-223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.222 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LMC Conference: Move to abolish Review Body defeated
	Br Med J  1978;2:224-228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.224 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New fees for Government work
	Br Med J  1978;2:228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6131.228 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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