Mortality from abortion: the NHS record.
	C Brewer, P J Huntingford
	Br Med J  1978;2:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.562 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Whooping-cough fatality rate.
	G Dick
	Br Med J  1978;2:562-563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.562-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs for myeloma.
	J S Malpas, D Parker
	Br Med J  1978;2:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.563 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidential inquiry into gynaecological laparoscopy.
	G Chamberlain
	Br Med J  1978;2:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.563-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer confidentiality.
	J Appleyard
	Br Med J  1978;2:563-564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.563-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual pressures on children.
	Br Med J  1978;2:564-565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute renal failure due to polymyositis.
	J Wade
	Br Med J  1978;2:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.565 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the media.
	P Steptoe
	Br Med J  1978;2:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.565-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Misdiagnosis of amoebiasis.
	F A Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.565-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communication in hospital.
	C Hawkins
	Br Med J  1978;2:565-566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.565-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of septicaemia.
	Br Med J  1978;2:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hypertensive emergencies with oral labetalol.
	C G Maidment, R Davies
	Br Med J  1978;2:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.566-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Back pain.
	Br Med J  1978;2:566-567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.566-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Possible environmental hazards of gas cooking.
	Br Med J  1978;2:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.567 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiotherapy for painful heel syndrome.
	D N Golding
	Br Med J  1978;2:567-568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.567-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spurious polycythaemia in a neonate?
	S J Rose
	Br Med J  1978;2:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.568 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antifibrinolytic agents for ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
	J Van Rossum, A R Wintzen
	Br Med J  1978;2:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.568-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autoimmunity in juvenile diabetics and their families.
	E M Kohner
	Br Med J  1978;2:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.568-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphatic fistula: a complication of arterial surgery.
	A V Pollock
	Br Med J  1978;2:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.568-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for intracranial aneurysm in the elderly.
	R S Maurice-Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:568-569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.568-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae.
	M Rahman
	Br Med J  1978;2:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.569 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A numbers game: understanding normal standards.
	P L Willan, K M Bagnall, D W Kellett
	Br Med J  1978;2:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.569-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Swaddling and congenital dislocation of the hip.
	M A Smith
	Br Med J  1978;2:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.569-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Propranolol in black hypertensives.
	D G Delvin
	Br Med J  1978;2:569-570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.569-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoma of the male breast and oestrogen metabolism.
	G G Ribeiro
	Br Med J  1978;2:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.570 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Behcet's disease.
	R Graham-Brown
	Br Med J  1978;2:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.570-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in West Yorkshire.
	M McCoubrie, D Shuttleworth
	Br Med J  1978;2:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.570-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral blood flow in diabetes mellitus.
	R M Gardiner
	Br Med J  1978;2:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Misuse of hypnosis.
	D Waxman
	Br Med J  1978;2:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.571-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pigeon fanciers and disease.
	C A Osman
	Br Med J  1978;2:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.571-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ileostomy or ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.
	D G Jagelman
	Br Med J  1978;2:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.571-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Career structure in community medicine.
	S Bakhshi
	Br Med J  1978;2:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Part-time training open to all?
	J Potter
	Br Med J  1978;2:572-573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.572-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract.
	F Hampson
	Br Med J  1978;2:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.573 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Authority in the NHS.
	K C Bailey
	Br Med J  1978;2:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.573-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: From the HJS Conference
	Br Med J  1978;2:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.581-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: ARM: Review Body
	Br Med J  1978;2:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.581-b [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:574-575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.574 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:576-579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:556-559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.556 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Sexual pressures on children
	Thomas E Parker, Michael Smith
	Br Med J  1978;2:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.564-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual pressures on children
	Norman Chisholm
	Br Med J  1978;2:564-565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.564-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute renal failure due to polymyositis
	Marion E Sloan, A J Franks, K A Exley, A M Davison
	Br Med J  1978;2:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.565-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of septicaemia
	H V Wyatt
	Br Med J  1978;2:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.566-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Back pain
	Jack Bourne
	Br Med J  1978;2:566-567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.566-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Possible environmental hazards of gas cooking
	M C S Kennedy
	Br Med J  1978;2:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.567-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical course at Nottingham
	George Pickering
	Br Med J  1978;2:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.567-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Costs in perspective
	George Teeling-Smith
	Br Med J  1978;2:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.569-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A-Z Pregnancy and Babycare
	Smith
	Br Med J  1978;2:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.570-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Six months in South Africa
	Stephen Szant
	Br Med J  1978;2:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.571-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Negotiating rights for junior hospital doctors
	Richard Rawlins
	Br Med J  1978;2:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.572-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ballot of consultants and registrars
	John Leopold
	Br Med J  1978;2:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.572-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Money for old rope
	J C Oakley
	Br Med J  1978;2:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.573-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.544 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Keith Ball
	Br Med J  1978;2:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Postoperative pain.
	Br Med J  1978;2:517-518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic spinal arachnoiditis.
	Br Med J  1978;2:518-519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Growing fractures of the skull.
	Br Med J  1978;2:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.519 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quest for excellence.
	Br Med J  1978;2:519-520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.519-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The continent urostomy.
	Br Med J  1978;2:520-521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.520 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Throwing off warts.
	Br Med J  1978;2:521-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.521 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Falls and femoral fractures.
	Br Med J  1978;2:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.522 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon by fibrinolytic enhancement.
	P E Jarrett, M Morland, N L Browse
	Br Med J  1978;2:523-525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.523 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid function in anorexia nervosa: influence of weight gain.
	R D Leslie, A J Isaacs, J Gomez, P R Raggatt, R Bayliss
	Br Med J  1978;2:526-528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.526 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Indian childhood cirrhosis: an inherited disorder of tryptophan metabolism?
	A M Sur, A Bhatti
	Br Med J  1978;2:529-531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.529 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HBsAg-positive chronic liver disease: inhibition of DNA polymerase activity by vidarabine.
	R G Chadwick, M F Bassendine, E M Crawford, H C Thomas, S Sherlock
	Br Med J  1978;2:531-533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.531 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemostatic defect in non-immune patients with falciparum malaria: no evidence of diffuse intravascular coagulation.
	J Vreeken, T M Cremer-Goote
	Br Med J  1978;2:533-535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.533 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in antibiotic sensitivity in strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 1952-78.
	Z A Hassam, E J Shaw, R A Shooter, D B Caro
	Br Med J  1978;2:536-537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.536 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic bronchitis: is bacteriological examination of sputum necessary?
	I C Paterson, G R Petrie, G K Crompton, J R Robertson
	Br Med J  1978;2:537-538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Search for late-onset side effects of practolol.
	J Barclay, L E Ramsay, J L Jay, A McQueen, A R Lorimer
	Br Med J  1978;2:538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.538 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Legionnaires' disease and acute renal failure.
	D N Kerr, R A Brewis, A D Macrae
	Br Med J  1978;2:538-539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.538-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breakfast and Crohn's disease--I.
	P M Rawcliffe, S C Truelove
	Br Med J  1978;2:539-540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breakfast and Crohn's disease--II.
	L N Archer, R F Harvey
	Br Med J  1978;2:540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to do it. Organise an international medical meeting. I: Committees and budgets.
	I Capperauld, A I Macpherson
	Br Med J  1978;2:541-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical care in the inner cities.
	M A Downham, R MacGibbon, G M Preston, S M Tyrrell
	Br Med J  1978;2:545-548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of antibiotics. Aminoglycosides.
	P Noone
	Br Med J  1978;2:549-552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	History of medicine in Gibraltar.
	C Montegriffo
	Br Med J  1978;2:552-555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.552 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	Pay-beds in NHS
	Br Med J  1978;2:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.580 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultative machinery in Camden and Islington
	Br Med J  1978;2:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.580-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British National Formulary 1976-8
	Br Med J  1978;2:580-581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.580-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Notices
	Br Med J  1978;2:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparing hospital resources
	L T Rees
	Br Med J  1978;2:582-583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Secretary of State sells land to GPs
	M K Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:583-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.583 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical assistants: Mark II
	Sanjoy Roy-Chowdhury
	Br Med J  1978;2:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6136.584 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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