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26 August 1978 (Vol 2, No 6137)
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This week's Letter

Hospital equipment "Which?".
P V Scott
Br Med J  1978;2:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.632
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Misdiagnosis of amoebiasis.
Br Med J  1978;2:632-633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.632-a
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When and why are babies weaned?
H Barrie
Br Med J  1978;2:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.633-a
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Sexual pressures on children.
Br Med J  1978;2:633-634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.633-b
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Health Service planning and medical education.
R I Keen
Br Med J  1978;2:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.634-b
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Preventing Rh haemolytic disease.
J S Scott
Br Med J  1978;2:634-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.634-c
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Which drug for hypertension?
R Wilkinson
Br Med J  1978;2:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.635
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Paget's disease in Australian immigrants.
M Ross
Br Med J  1978;2:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.635-a
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Training in community medicine.
G V Lewis
Br Med J  1978;2:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.635-b
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Melatonin as a tumour marker in a patient with pineal tumour.
Br Med J  1978;2:635-636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.635-c
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Penicillamine and previous treatment with gold.
Br Med J  1978;2:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.636-a
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Thyroid extract.
P B Fowler
Br Med J  1978;2:636-637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.636-d
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Beta-blockers in treatment of hypertension.
Br Med J  1978;2:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.637
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Computer confidentiality.
K A Johns
Br Med J  1978;2:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.637-b
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Cigarette smoking and postoperative deep-vein thrombosis.
A V Pollock, M Evans
Br Med J  1978;2:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.637-c
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Investigating stroke.
C Twomey
Br Med J  1978;2:637-638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.637-d
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Organ transplantation and the fetal allograft.
M C Wilkinson
Br Med J  1978;2:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.638
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Sjögren's syndrome, bromhexine, and tear secretion.
I Mackie, D V Seal
Br Med J  1978;2:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.638-a
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Rape and the laboratory: blood-grouping of hair.
P H Whitehead
Br Med J  1978;2:638-639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.638-b
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Iodine and acetone-containing plastic spray dressings.
J Morgan-Hughes, R A Bray
Br Med J  1978;2:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.639
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Glycolysated haemoglobin and diabetic control.
A Jónsson, J Wales
Br Med J  1978;2:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.639-a
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Expectations of a pregnant woman.
K A Harden
Br Med J  1978;2:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.639-b
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Relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
P J Kearney, J H Baumer
Br Med J  1978;2:639-640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.639-c
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Quality of cervical mucus and Huhner's test.
J J Billings, L A Bennett
Br Med J  1978;2:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.640
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Diflunisal (Dolobid) overdose.
H P Upadhyay, S K Gupta
Br Med J  1978;2:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.640-a
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Social problems of schizophrenics.
J R Korer
Br Med J  1978;2:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.640-b
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Relative activity of atenolol and metoprolol.
J D Harry
Br Med J  1978;2:640-641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.640-c
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General practice records.
I Tait
Br Med J  1978;2:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.641-b
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Negotiating rights for junior hospital doctors.
T McFarlane
Br Med J  1978;2:641-642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.641-c
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Primary care in inner cities.
G Patey
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642
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This week's Articles

OBITUARY
Br Med J  1978;2:643-644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.643
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NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J  1978;2:645-646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.645
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J  1978;2:626-629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.626
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This week's Correspondence

Misdiagnosis of amoebiasis
S G Hamilton
Br Med J  1978;2:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.633
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Sexual pressures on children
Q M Adams
Br Med J  1978;2:633-634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.633-c
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Sexual pressures on children
Margaret White
Br Med J  1978;2:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.634
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Sexual pressures on children
T Russell
Br Med J  1978;2:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.634-a
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Preventing Rh haemolytic disease
P H Renton, R A Riches
Br Med J  1978;2:634-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.634-d
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Melatonin as a tumour marker in a patient with pineal tumour
E Tapp
Br Med J  1978;2:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.636
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Penicillamine and previous treatment with gold
E N Coomes, Michael Webley
Br Med J  1978;2:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.636-b
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Penicillamine and previous treatment with gold
L Fernandes, Eric Hamilton, Ivan Williams
Br Med J  1978;2:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.636-c
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Beta-blockers in treatment of hypertension
M Brian Comerford, Edwin Besterman
Br Med J  1978;2:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.637-a
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Lost pedestal?
A Gusset
Br Med J  1978;2:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.641
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Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton
W J E McKee, T McL Galloway
Br Med J  1978;2:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.641-a
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BMA and social workers
B Paul
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-a
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Points: Confidentiality of medical records
O Troughton
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-b
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Points: Dirt by any other name
G I Watson
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-c
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Points: Assessment of severity of paraquat poisoning
J Knepil
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-d
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Points: Scope of surgery for intracranial ancurysm in the elderly
E J Gibney
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-e
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Points: Diagnosis of retrobulbar neuritis
V L Irwin
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-f
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Points: Male sterilisations
J A McEwan
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-g
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Points: Unexpected encounter
M G Gotts
Br Med J  1978;2:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.642-h
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This week's Medical Practice

Letter from New Zealand: Jogging and professionalisation
Richard Smith
Br Med J  1978;2:615-616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.615
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Medicine and the Media
Br Med J  1978;2:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.630
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Personal View
R H Hardy
Br Med J  1978;2:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.631
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This week's Research Article

Is cancer irreversible?
Br Med J  1978;2:585-586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.585
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Patient package inserts.
Br Med J  1978;2:586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.586
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The gate control theory of pain.
Br Med J  1978;2:586-587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.586-a
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Ticks, tourists, and encephalitis.
Br Med J  1978;2:587-588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.587
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Dysmorphobia.
Br Med J  1978;2:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.588
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Problem-oriented postmortem examination.
Br Med J  1978;2:588-589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.588-a
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Allergy to house dust mite in childhood asthma.
Br Med J  1978;2:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.589
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Private practice and the NHS.
Br Med J  1978;2:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.590
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Ambulation in labour.
A M Flynn, J Kelly, G Hollins, P F Lynch
Br Med J  1978;2:591-593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.591
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Hepatitis B in a hospital for the mentally subnormal in southern England.
J G Kingham, M McGuire, D H Paine, R Wright
Br Med J  1978;2:594-596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.594
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Home blood sampling for plasma glucose assay in control of diabetes.
S Howe-Davies, R R Holman, M Phillips, R C Turner
Br Med J  1978;2:596-598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.596
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A glucose-controlled insulin infusion system for diabetic women during labour.
M Nattrass, K G Alberti, K J Dennis, P N Gillibrand, A T Letchworth, A L Buckle
Br Med J  1978;2:599-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.599
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Interstitial lung disease in a patient treated with 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C.
J W Fielding, R A Stockley, V S Brookes
Br Med J  1978;2:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.602
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Pneumothorax after acupuncture.
H G Ritter, R Tarala
Br Med J  1978;2:602-603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.602-a
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Relapsing polychondritis: relation to periarteritis nodosa.
G Somers, P Potvliege
Br Med J  1978;2:603-604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.603
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Thrombocytopathy associated with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.
N H Russell, J P Keenan, M A Frais
Br Med J  1978;2:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.604
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Nephrocalcinosis: another cause of renal erythrocytosis.
T G Feest, S Proctor, R Brown, O M Wrong
Br Med J  1978;2:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.605
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Intrathoracic perforation of hiatus hernia.
J H Stilwell
Br Med J  1978;2:605-606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.605-a
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Phaeochromocytoma with lactic acidosis.
U Keller, T Mall, M Walter, O Bertel, J M Mihatsch, R Ritz
Br Med J  1978;2:606-607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.606
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Malignant mesothelioma and gas-mask assemblers.
D B Jefferys, J A Vale
Br Med J  1978;2:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.607
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Recurrent pleural effusion in Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia.
S K Teo, S K Lee
Br Med J  1978;2:607-608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.607-a
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Response of "idiopathic" recurrent angioneurotic oedema to tranexamic acid.
R A Thompson, D D Felix-Davies
Br Med J  1978;2:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.608
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Isolating patients in hospital to control infection. Part I--Sources and routes of infection.
K D Bagshawe, R Blowers, O M Lidwell
Br Med J  1978;2:609-613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.609
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Use of antibiotics. Aminoglycosides.
P Noone
Br Med J  1978;2:613-614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.613
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Organise an international medical meeting. II: Scientific programme.
I Capperauld, A I Macpherson
Br Med J  1978;2:616-617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.616
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Otto Cohnheim--the forgotten physiologist.
D M Matthews
Br Med J  1978;2:618-619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.618
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Difficulties in diagnosing and managing congenital dislocation of the hip.
T C Noble, C R Pullan, A W Craft, M A Leonard
Br Med J  1978;2:620-623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.620
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Modern trends in management of non-albuminuric hypertension in late pregnancy.
D D Mathews, T P Shuttleworth, E F Hamilton
Br Med J  1978;2:623-625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6137.623
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