How to organise an international medical meeting.
	J Dobbing
	Br Med J  1978;2:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.827 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing Rh haemolytic disease.
	Br Med J  1978;2:827-828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.827-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital equipment "Which?".
	W Wintersgill
	Br Med J  1978;2:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.828-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital inquiries.
	D A Spencer
	Br Med J  1978;2:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.828-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus.
	Br Med J  1978;2:828-829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.828-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer.
	A J Fogarty
	Br Med J  1978;2:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.829-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	African travel.
	B Juel-Jensen
	Br Med J  1978;2:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.829-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selenium and motor neurone disease.
	T K Daneshmend
	Br Med J  1978;2:829-830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.829-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cost of carrying out clinical diagnostic tests.
	C Chapman, C Hayter
	Br Med J  1978;2:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.830 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The continent urostomy.
	M H Ashken
	Br Med J  1978;2:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.830-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Legionnaires' disease and acute renal failure.
	D A Hopkin
	Br Med J  1978;2:830-831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.830-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Isolation to control infection.
	A W Woodruff
	Br Med J  1978;2:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stroke after myocardial infarction.
	Br Med J  1978;2:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoma of bronchus presenting with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
	Br Med J  1978;2:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antifibrinolytic agents for ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
	R S Maurice-Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:831-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical presentation of rectal carcinoma.
	T I Brown, G L Ritchie
	Br Med J  1978;2:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.832 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol poisoning.
	J G Harvey, J B Spooner
	Br Med J  1978;2:832-833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.832-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiology work load.
	Br Med J  1978;2:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.833 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Muscle cramp and oral salbutamol.
	K N Palmer
	Br Med J  1978;2:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.833-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Throwing off warts.
	Br Med J  1978;2:833-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.833-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract.
	G S Andrews
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice records.
	G W Taylor
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Use of antibiotics: Endocarditis
	Br Med J  1978;2:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.804 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Misuse of hypnosis
	Br Med J  1978;2:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-i [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:836-838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.836 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:839-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.839 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:821-824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.821 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Preventing Rh haemolytic disease
	Eva V Tregillus
	Br Med J  1978;2:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.828 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus
	J K Gosnold
	Br Med J  1978;2:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.829 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stroke after myocardial infarction
	Charles Pollick
	Br Med J  1978;2:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoma of bronchus presenting with Henoch-Schönlein purpura
	B I Hoffbrand
	Br Med J  1978;2:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.831-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid extract
	Raymond Greene
	Br Med J  1978;2:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.832-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Whooping-cough fatality rate
	James McCormick
	Br Med J  1978;2:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.832-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiology work load
	D J Allison
	Br Med J  1978;2:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.833-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Throwing off warts
	Roderick Howell
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rubella immunisation
	W M Styles
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tardive dyskinesia treatment with DEA
	J Hajioff
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preinjection skin swabbing
	T C Dann
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Administrative NHDs
	T L Pilkington
	Br Med J  1978;2:834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Honorary retirement contracts
	D J C Davies
	Br Med J  1978;2:834-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.834-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Consultants' work to rule
	D F Rees
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Breathing other people's smoke
	M F Wintle
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Head injury and kidney donation
	C D Bach
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Nature of schizophrenia
	T J Holden
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Blood pressure and kilopascals
	John Knight
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Spinal cord transection in utero
	I Blumenthal
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Pigeon fanciers and disease
	W T Berrill
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Otitis externa and the jaw
	N M Goble
	Br Med J  1978;2:835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.835-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.807 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.825 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Brett Halliday
	Br Med J  1978;2:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.826 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Refractory acute leukaemia in adults treated with sequential colaspase and high-dose methotrexate
	Boh-Seng Yap, Kenneth B McCredie, Robert S Benjamin, Gerald P Bodey, Emil J Freireich
	Br Med J  1978;2:791-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.791 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	The special care of human milk.
	Br Med J  1978;2:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.781 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intensive iron-chelation in thalassaemia.
	Br Med J  1978;2:782-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.782 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tricyclic antidepressant concentrations and clinical response.
	Br Med J  1978;2:783-784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.783 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controlled intravascular sodium nitroprusside treatment.
	Br Med J  1978;2:784-785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.784 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of childhood cancer: effects on the gonads.
	Br Med J  1978;2:785-786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.785 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spasmodic torticollis.
	Br Med J  1978;2:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.786 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of varying radiation schedule, cyclophosphamide treatment, and duration of treatment in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Report to the Medical Research Council by the Working Party on Leukaemia in Childhood.
	Br Med J  1978;2:787-791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.787 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human milk bank in a district general hospital.
	G McEnery, B Chattopadhyay
	Br Med J  1978;2:794-796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.794 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory syncytial virus infection: admissions to hospital in industrial, urban, and rural areas. Report to the Medical Research Council Subcommittee on Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines.
	Br Med J  1978;2:796-798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.796 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of dissecting aortic aneurysm and renin-induced hypertension with sodium nitroprusside.
	K Hillman, J Krapez
	Br Med J  1978;2:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.799 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary oedema associated with ritodrine infusion and betamethasone administration in premature labour.
	H R Elliott, U Abdulla, P J Hayes
	Br Med J  1978;2:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.799-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does labetalol increase excretion of urinary catecholamines?
	C A Hamilton, D H Jones, H J Dargie, J L Reid
	Br Med J  1978;2:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.800 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Razoxane in treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia.
	M Bhavnani, K Dhir, I W Delamore
	Br Med J  1978;2:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.801 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors inducing relapse in inflammatory bowel disease.
	A S Mee, D P Jewell
	Br Med J  1978;2:801-802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.801-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presumed ataxia-telangiectasia in a man.
	T R Terenty, P Robson, J N Walton
	Br Med J  1978;2:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.802 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is epidemiology?
	G Rose, D J Barker
	Br Med J  1978;2:803-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.803 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to do it. Organise an international medical meeting. V: The final programme.
	I Capperauld, A I Macpherson
	Br Med J  1978;2:805-807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Isolating patients in hospital to control infection. Part IV. Nursing procedures.
	K D Bagshawe, R Blowers, O M Lidwell
	Br Med J  1978;2:808-811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.808 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood epilepsy.
	D P Addy
	Br Med J  1978;2:811-812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.811 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A clinical study of the EMI scanner: implications for provision of neuroradiological services.
	J R Bartlett, G Neil-Dwyer
	Br Med J  1978;2:813-815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.813 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating cost-effectiveness of diagnostic equipment: the brain scanner case.
	J R Bartlett, G Neil-Dwyer, J M Banham, D G Cruickshank
	Br Med J  1978;2:815-820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.815 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	From the Secretary: Right to maintain professional standards
	Br Med J  1978;2:841-842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.841 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Medical Act 1978: Passage through Parliament
	Lord Hunt Of Fawley
	Br Med J  1978;2:842-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6140.842 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.