Subscriptions to medical defence societies.
	P Lambden
	Br Med J  1978;2:1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1018 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Shortage of cocaine hydrochloride.
	H Yellowlees
	Br Med J  1978;2:1018-1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1018-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine or meetings.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children who cannot read.
	B Hornsby
	Br Med J  1978;2:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1019-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of digitalis in general practice.
	R Krakauer
	Br Med J  1978;2:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1019-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relevance of duration of transient ischaemic attacks in carotid territory.
	G W Duncan, M Pessin, J P Mohr
	Br Med J  1978;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1020 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoid of the breast.
	T F Warner
	Br Med J  1978;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1020-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiology work load.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1020-1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1020-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inadequacy of information on side effects.
	H C Drysdale, M D Hellier
	Br Med J  1978;2:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1021-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Starting on the pill.
	C Phillips, M Vessey
	Br Med J  1978;2:1021-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1021-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient package inserts.
	E D Myers, E J Calvert
	Br Med J  1978;2:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of quinidine on plasma concentration of digoxin.
	P M Hooymans, F W Merkus
	Br Med J  1978;2:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1022-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health education in schools.
	V L Irwin
	Br Med J  1978;2:1022-1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1022-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Flautist's chin: a companion to fiddler's neck.
	M G Dahl
	Br Med J  1978;2:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyrotoxic Graves's disease after primary hypothyroidism.
	R B Stott, J S Staffurth
	Br Med J  1978;2:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1023-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carcinoma of the breast in women under the age of 30.
	C J Logan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1023-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone receptors in breast cancer.
	M Sluyser
	Br Med J  1978;2:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1023-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in north-east Scotland.
	D I Shepherd, A W Downie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1024 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bacterial colonisation of small intestine in tropical malabsorption.
	A Tomkins, B S Drasar, S G Wright
	Br Med J  1978;2:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1024-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nasogastric suction in acute pancreatitis.
	M J McMahon
	Br Med J  1978;2:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1024-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Toilet paper and spread of infection.
	I Taylor
	Br Med J  1978;2:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1024-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital inquires.
	A J Akhtar
	Br Med J  1978;2:1024-1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1024-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Modified neurosyphilis
	Br Med J  1978;2:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.979-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: New charter for OMPs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1040-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:1026-1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:1029-1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1029 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:1012-1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1012 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Medicine or meetings
	John S Stevenson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1019-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine or meetings
	John Garrow
	Br Med J  1978;2:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1019-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiology work load
	John Bartlett
	Br Med J  1978;2:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inadequacy of information on side effects
	E W Witherspoon
	Br Med J  1978;2:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1021-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse reactions to intravenous induction agents
	R H Jago
	Br Med J  1978;2:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1022-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complaints against general practitioners
	P J Ellis
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lifting of ban on dental anaesthetics
	James Cameron, Cyril Scurr
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medical care in inner cities
	G P Walsh
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medical care in inner cities
	N Masters
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: When and why are babies weaned?
	June Thompson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Solitary diverticulum of transverse colon masquerading as polyp
	K M A Clifford
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Self-assessment of disability before and after hip replacement
	Margaret I Little
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Poliomyelitis vaccines: killed or live?
	R J Evans
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Lares et penates
	P McKelvie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1025-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to be a dictator
	Heather Windle
	Br Med J  1978;2:1010-1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Boris Golberg
	Br Med J  1978;2:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Neonatal death in Northern Ireland
	Maureen J Scott, Garth McClure, Mark McC Reid, J W Knox Ritchie, Samuel R Keilty
	Br Med J  1978;2:987-989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.987 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Thyroid disease and pregnancy.
	Br Med J  1978;2:977-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.977 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypnosis in the HNS.
	Br Med J  1978;2:978-979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.978 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing cerebral palsy.
	Br Med J  1978;2:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.979 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphocyte function and disease.
	A M Denman
	Br Med J  1978;2:980-982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.980 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Current vital statistics: methods and interpretation.
	A M Adelstein
	Br Med J  1978;2:983-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.983 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of propranolol and phentolamine on myocardial necrosis after subarachnoid haemorrhage.
	G Neil-Dwyer, P Walter, J M Cruickshank, B Doshi, P O'Gorman
	Br Med J  1978;2:990-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.990 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	National Childhood Encephalopathy Study: an interim report.
	D L Miller, E M Ross
	Br Med J  1978;2:992-993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.992 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dexamethasone in acute stroke.
	G Mulley, R G Wilcox, J R Mitchell
	Br Med J  1978;2:994-996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.994 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spread of multiresistant strains of Salmonella typhimurium phage types 204 and 193 in Britain.
	E J Threlfall, L R Ward, B Rowe
	Br Med J  1978;2:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.997 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid crisis and tracheal compression in patient with retrosternal goitre.
	W J Owen, M J Gleeson, I McColl
	Br Med J  1978;2:997-998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.997-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outpatient suite: a new design.
	A B Shrank
	Br Med J  1978;2:998-999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.998 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroid-responsive leukaemia.
	A N Clark, S R Osmani
	Br Med J  1978;2:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.999 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relapsing polychondritis: an autoimmune disease?
	R N Clayton, R Hoffenberg
	Br Med J  1978;2:999-1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.999-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time and the consultation in general practice.
	K B Thomas
	Br Med J  1978;2:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1000 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric care in the central Canadian Arctic.
	T F Baskett
	Br Med J  1978;2:1001-1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1001 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of migraine.
	D Thrush
	Br Med J  1978;2:1004-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology for the uninitiated. Observer variation.
	G Rose, D J Barker
	Br Med J  1978;2:1006-1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug treatment of psychiatric patients in general practice.
	P Tyrer
	Br Med J  1978;2:1008-1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting lists for cardiac surgery.
	C A Layton
	Br Med J  1978;2:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1020-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical manpower: the next twenty years. Government discussion paper.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1032-1032,5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1032 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1031 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Council
	Br Med J  1978;2:1033-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1033 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMSC: Attack on DHSS complaints proposals
	Br Med J  1978;2:1036-1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1036 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCCM
	Br Med J  1978;2:1038-1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1038 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Remuneration of GPs in community and cottage hospitals
	D T Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.1040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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