Drug firms' co-operation in clinical trials.
	H Berry
	Br Med J  1978;2:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing shortages in NHS hospitals.
	R T Marcus
	Br Med J  1978;2:497-498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.497-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health service planning and medical education.
	D R Wood, D Ranger
	Br Med J  1978;2:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Training in community medicine.
	J S Horner
	Br Med J  1978;2:498-499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.498-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual pressures on children.
	Br Med J  1978;2:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.499 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Housing, health, and illness.
	M Gray
	Br Med J  1978;2:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of anorexia nervosa.
	A H Crisp
	Br Med J  1978;2:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.500-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disodium cromoglycate ointment in atopic eczema.
	T Thirumoorthy, M W Greaves
	Br Med J  1978;2:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.500-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physiological aspects of the menopausal hot flush.
	Br Med J  1978;2:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hypertensive emergencies with oral labetalol.
	C S Good
	Br Med J  1978;2:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.501-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do people smoke for nicotine?
	M E Thompson, W F Forbes
	Br Med J  1978;2:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lithium carbonate and tetracycline interaction.
	U Malt
	Br Med J  1978;2:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.502-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hygiene of operating theatre cleaning equipment.
	A Richardson, P J Hemsley, B Vincent
	Br Med J  1978;2:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.502-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of the tine and Mantoux tuberculin tests.
	A A Cunningham
	Br Med J  1978;2:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hyperhidrosis.
	Br Med J  1978;2:503-504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.503-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Levodopa in senile dementia.
	E B Renvoize, T Jerram, G Clough
	Br Med J  1978;2:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac signs for students.
	Br Med J  1978;2:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.504-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rubella embryopathy.
	J R Duncan, A Kenney
	Br Med J  1978;2:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.504-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Weight reduction in a blood pressure clinic.
	Z A Leitner
	Br Med J  1978;2:504-505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.504-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communication in hospital.
	R S Ledward
	Br Med J  1978;2:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of severe acute asthma.
	I M Slessor, H Davies
	Br Med J  1978;2:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.505-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of fetal movement.
	T A Sheldon
	Br Med J  1978;2:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.505-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Oxamniquine for treating Schistosoma mansoni infection in Sudan
	Br Med J  1978;2:469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.469 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Prevalence of latent perhexiline neuropathy
	Br Med J  1978;2:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.479-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Investigating stroke
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-g [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:507-508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.507 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:509-510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:491-494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.491 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Sexual pressures on children
	Helen Brook
	Br Med J  1978;2:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.499-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual pressures on children
	Fay Hutchinson, Kathleen Pippard, Ruth Coles
	Br Med J  1978;2:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.499-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual pressures on children
	Madeleine Simms
	Br Med J  1978;2:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.499-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physiological aspects of menopausal hot flush
	John R Clayden
	Br Med J  1978;2:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.501-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hypertensive emergencies with oral labetalol
	R R Ghose, M Upadhyhay, W D Morgan
	Br Med J  1978;2:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.501-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hyperhidrosis
	E C Ashby
	Br Med J  1978;2:503-504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.503-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac signs for students
	H J N Bethell
	Br Med J  1978;2:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.504-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Victory for related ancillary staff
	C R Wood
	Br Med J  1978;2:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.505-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Honorary retirement contracts
	S T H Jenkins
	Br Med J  1978;2:505-506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.505-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private day cases and outpatient diagnostic services
	J F Dyet
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reporting conference proceedings
	Ray Outwin
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Carcinoid tumour of the breast
	D J Evans
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Side effects of diazoxide
	R J West
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Taking home the placenta
	Teoh Soong Kee
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Which gear box?
	P J Barber
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Uniform style for biomedical journals
	Maeve O'Connor
	Br Med J  1978;2:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.506-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Dunedin: Driving down under
	A G Hocken
	Br Med J  1978;2:487-488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.487 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.495 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Taylor Of Harlow
	Br Med J  1978;2:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Breathing other people's smoke.
	Br Med J  1978;2:453-454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.453 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using auxiliaries.
	Br Med J  1978;2:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.454 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing stroke.
	Br Med J  1978;2:454-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.454-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Possible treatment for RDS.
	Br Med J  1978;2:455-456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.455 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dichloroacetate.
	Br Med J  1978;2:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.456 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stroke after acute myocardial infarction: relation to infarct size.
	P L Thompson, J S Robinson
	Br Med J  1978;2:457-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.457 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of cigarette smoking on gastric emptying.
	D S Grimes, J Goddard
	Br Med J  1978;2:460-461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.460 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prophylactic co-trimoxazole in biliary surgery.
	C Morran, W McNaught, C S McArdle
	Br Med J  1978;2:462-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.462 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology of adverse drug reactions to phenformin and metformin.
	U Bergman, G Boman, B E Wiholm
	Br Med J  1978;2:464-466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.464 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous milk ejection during lactation and its possible relevance to success of breast-feeding.
	A S McNeilly, J R McNeilly
	Br Med J  1978;2:466-468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.466 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measurement of capillary blood glucose in filter-paper spots: an aid to the assessment of diabetic control.
	K Wakelin, D J Goldie, M Hartog, A P Robinson
	Br Med J  1978;2:468-469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.468 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring aminoglycoside use in patients with severely impaired renal function.
	P Noone, D F Beale, S S Pollock, M R Perera, I D Amirak, O N Fernando, J F Moorhead
	Br Med J  1978;2:470-473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.470 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Listeria monocytogenes causing hospital-acquired enterocolitis and meningitis in newborn infants.
	S Larsson, A Cederberg, S Ivarsson, L Svanberg, S Cronberg
	Br Med J  1978;2:473-474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.473 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injury to the appendix after blunt abdominal trauma.
	D F Thomas
	Br Med J  1978;2:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.474 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Squamous cell carcinoma of bronchus presenting with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
	S A Cairns, N P Mallick, W Lawler, G Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:474-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.474-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cyanoacrylate adhesive for foreign body removal.
	D S Macpherson, R Wyatt
	Br Med J  1978;2:474-477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.474-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Menarcheal age in the disabled.
	M E Dalton, K Dalton
	Br Med J  1978;2:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.475 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Continuous infusion of frusemide in refractory oedema.
	D H Lawson, J M Gray, D A Henry, W J Tillstone
	Br Med J  1978;2:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.476 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interpretation of serum total thyroxine concentration in patients with abnormal thyroxine-binding proteins.
	P Sheridan, K E Newton, R B Payne
	Br Med J  1978;2:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.477 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasonic appearance probably indicative of imminent fetal death.
	T P Dutt
	Br Med J  1978;2:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.478 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol poisoning in children.
	T J Meredith, B Newman, R Goulding
	Br Med J  1978;2:478-479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.478-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pseudomembranous colitis in a colostomy.
	A J Malcolm
	Br Med J  1978;2:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recognition and management of genital chlamydial infection.
	S J Richmond, J D Oriel
	Br Med J  1978;2:480-483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selecting equipment for elderly patients in hospital.
	J Andrews, L Atkinson
	Br Med J  1978;2:484-486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of antibiotics. Endocarditis.
	C Oakley
	Br Med J  1978;2:489-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.489 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.511 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Joint Consultants Committee
	Br Med J  1978;2:512-513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.512 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS scientific and technical services
	Br Med J  1978;2:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.513 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiology work load—a solution
	M J Brindle
	Br Med J  1978;2:514-515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.514 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Academic staff contract
	Michael Baum
	Br Med J  1978;2:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.515 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Registration of overseas-qualified doctors
	Br Med J  1978;2:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.516 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private consulting facilities
	Br Med J  1978;2:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6135.516-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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