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4 November 1978 (Vol 2, No 6147)
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This week's Letter

Delivery of wheelchairs.
Br Med J  1978;2:1293-1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1293
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Hospital equipment "Which"?
P V Scott
Br Med J  1978;2:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1294
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Chronic spinal arachnoiditis.
R G Grainger
Br Med J  1978;2:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1294-a
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Deficiencies in parenteral nutrition.
Br Med J  1978;2:1294-1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1294-b
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Nutrition and the cancer patient.
A J Strain, G C Easty, A M Neville
Br Med J  1978;2:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1295
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Clarinettist's cheilitis.
T C Hindson
Br Med J  1978;2:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1295-a
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Flautist's chin.
L D Gardner
Br Med J  1978;2:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1295-b
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Treatment of childhood cancer: effects on gonads.
S M Shalet, C G Beardwell, P H Jones, D Pearson
Br Med J  1978;2:1295-1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1295-d
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Normality and abnormality in psychiatry.
J G Edwards
Br Med J  1978;2:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1296
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Drug treatment of psychiatric patients in general practice.
Br Med J  1978;2:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1296-a
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Preventing deaths from malaria.
A W Macara
Br Med J  1978;2:1296-1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1296-c
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Trouble with children's feet.
Br Med J  1978;2:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297
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"Run for fun".
Br Med J  1978;2:1297-1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297-e
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Executive screening.
A Bailey
Br Med J  1978;2:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298-b
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Use of foot for cardiac massage.
J M Cundy
Br Med J  1978;2:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298-c
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Teaching of geriatric medicine.
B C Kundu
Br Med J  1978;2:1298-1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298-e
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Ventricular tachycardia during exercise testing.
P Carson, R Phillips
Br Med J  1978;2:1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1299
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Polymorphism in drug metabolism.
L Balant, P Dayer, J Fabre
Br Med J  1978;2:1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1299-b
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Breathing other people's smoke.
Br Med J  1978;2:1299-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1299-c
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Postgraduate education in therapeutics.
A Smith, J H Walker, M D Rawlins
Br Med J  1978;2:1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1300
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Carcinoma of the breast in women under the age of 30.
V Jones, A Slater
Br Med J  1978;2:1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1300-a
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How to organize an international medical meeting.
L Wilson
Br Med J  1978;2:1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1300-b
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Mycosis fungoides treated by PUVA and mustine hydrochloride.
A du Vivier, D Vollum
Br Med J  1978;2:1300-1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1300-c
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Persistent excretion of salmonellas.
M van Schothorst, H J Beckers
Br Med J  1978;2:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1301
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Grommets and swimming.
P E Roland
Br Med J  1978;2:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1301-a
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: reform of fellowship examinations.
A Wilkinson
Br Med J  1978;2:1301-1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1301-b
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Dental anaesthetic fees: all is now clear.
C Scurr
Br Med J  1978;2:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1302
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Use and abuse of medical women.
M White
Br Med J  1978;2:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1302-a
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Private practice and the reduction of pay-beds.
J J Shipman, K W Giles, A R Ryan, J M Lancaster, D R Sutherland, B S Sandhu, I J McCallum
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-a
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This week's Articles

OBITUARY
Br Med J  1978;2:1305-1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1305
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NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J  1978;2:1307-1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1307
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J  1978;2:1286-1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1286
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This week's Correspondence

Wheelchairs
Maureen A Tudor
Br Med J  1978;2:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1293-a
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Wheelchairs
J W Koten
Br Med J  1978;2:1293-1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1293-b
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Deficiencies in parenteral nutrition
Charles A J Wardrop, L E Hughes, G B Tennant, S J Leinster
Br Med J  1978;2:1294-1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1294-c
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Medical and dental problems of musical instruments
John D Jago
Br Med J  1978;2:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1295-c
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Drug treatment of psychiatric patients in general practice
Cyril Gill
Br Med J  1978;2:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1296-b
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Trouble with children's feet
Shona Bird
Br Med J  1978;2:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297-a
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Trouble with children's feet
A E Mackinnon
Br Med J  1978;2:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297-b
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Trouble with children's feet
R J Brereton
Br Med J  1978;2:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297-c
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Trouble with children's feet
G S Pathakji
Br Med J  1978;2:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1297-d
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Run for fun
I D Adams
Br Med J  1978;2:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298
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What Sex is All About
S E Ellison
Br Med J  1978;2:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298-a
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Rape and the laboratory
Elizabeth M Wilson
Br Med J  1978;2:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1298-d
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"Crucifixion" crucified
George Discombe
Br Med J  1978;2:1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1299-a
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Breathing other people's smoke
Brian H Burne, Noel J Billington
Br Med J  1978;2:1299-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1299-d
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The Glanvill case
Tony Keable-Elliott
Br Med J  1978;2:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1302-b
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Withdrawal by HJSC from the Review Body
Mark Denyer, Simon O Fradd
Br Med J  1978;2:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1302-c
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Clinical medical officers
J Stuart Horner
Br Med J  1978;2:1302-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1302-d
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An Irish look at the present consultant contract
K W Beetham
Br Med J  1978;2:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1303
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Pay claims
J F Dracass
Br Med J  1978;2:1303-1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1303-a
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Prescribing and family planning
M M O'Meara
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304
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Points: Sympathetic overactivity in tetanus
H Hörtnagl
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-b
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Points: Scombrotoxic fish poisoning
J P Telling
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-c
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Points: Scombrotoxic fish poisoning
R M Kupfer
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-d
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Points: Preinjection skin swabbing
J N McArthur
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-e
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Points: African travel
W E van Heyningen
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-f
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Points: Are automatic gear boxes hazardous for driving?
L Rendell-Baker
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-g
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Points: Treatment of migraine
C Cockburn
Br Med J  1978;2:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1304-h
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This week's Leading Articles

Special journal offer
Br Med J  1978;2:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1248
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This week's Medical Practice

Materia Non Medica
Br Med J  1978;2:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1279
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How to chair a conference
Ronald Gibson
Br Med J  1978;2:1280-1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1280
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Medicine and the Media
Br Med J  1978;2:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1291
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Personal View
C Margaret Blackwood
Br Med J  1978;2:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1292
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This week's Research Article

Educational needs of children.
Br Med J  1978;2:1245-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1245
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Suicide and parasuicide.
Br Med J  1978;2:1246-1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1246
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Glue ear and grommets.
Br Med J  1978;2:1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1247
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Thinking about the unthinkable.
Br Med J  1978;2:1247-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1247-a
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Terminal symptoms in children dying suddenly and unexpectedly at home. Preliminary report of the DHSS multicentre study of postneonatal mortality.
A N Stanton, M A Downham, J R Oakley, J L Emery, J Knowelden
Br Med J  1978;2:1249-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1249
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Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients.
P G Kennedy, D M Mitchell, B I Hoffbrand
Br Med J  1978;2:1251-1253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1251
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Evidence for a primary autoimmune type of diabetes mellitus.
G F Bottazzo, A G Cudworth, D J Moul, D Doniach, H Festenstein
Br Med J  1978;2:1253-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1253
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Benign postinfection polymyositis.
M S Schwartz, M Swash, M Gross
Br Med J  1978;2:1256-1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1256
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Urodynamic findings in chronic retention of urine and their relevance to results of surgery.
P H Abrams, M Dunn, N George
Br Med J  1978;2:1258-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1258
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Ethanol-induced increase in drug acetylation in man and isolated rat liver cells.
H Olsen, J Mørland
Br Med J  1978;2:1260-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1260
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Prophylaxis against systemic infection after transrectal biopsy for suspected prostatic carcinoma.
E C Ashby, M Rees, C H Dowding
Br Med J  1978;2:1263-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1263
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Unusual chlamydial infection in a human renal allograft recipient.
P D Griffiths, R I Lechler, J D Treharne
Br Med J  1978;2:1264-1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1264
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Antenatal diagnosis of fetal duodenal atresia by ultrasonic scan.
H Gee, U Abdulla
Br Med J  1978;2:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1265
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Serum 2-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity and ineffective erythropoiesis.
I Cavill, C Ricketts, G J Griffiths, G H Elder, D Trevett
Br Med J  1978;2:1265-1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1265-a
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Effect of chlormethiazole on serum prolactin.
S K Majumdar, G K Shaw, A D Thomson
Br Med J  1978;2:1266-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1266
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Diabetes mellitus in idiopathic haemochromatosis.
C H Walsh, J M Malins, S R Bloom
Br Med J  1978;2:1267-1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1267
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Partial mastectomy for breast cancer.
R E Tagart
Br Med J  1978;2:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1268
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Long-term survival after resection of carcinoma of the oesophagus.
R H Franklin
Br Med J  1978;2:1268-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1268-a
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Atenolol and metoprolol in mild hypertension.
T A Jeffers, J Webster, B Reid, J C Petrie, N P Barker
Br Med J  1978;2:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1269
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Flowering of American bioethics.
B J Culliton, W K Waterfall
Br Med J  1978;2:1270-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1270
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What causes road accidents?
Br Med J  1978;2:1272-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1272
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Changes in behavioural characteristics of elderly populations of local authority homes and long-stay hospital wards, 1976-7.
D Wilkin, T Mashiah, D J Jolley
Br Med J  1978;2:1274-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1274
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Physician's use of laparoscopy.
R E Barry, P Brown, A E Read
Br Med J  1978;2:1276-1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1276
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A self-medication retraining programme.
C Baxendale, M Gourlay, I I Gibson
Br Med J  1978;2:1278-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1278
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Epidemiology for the uninitiated. Comparing rates.
G Rose, D J Barker
Br Med J  1978;2:1282-1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1282
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Drowning risks to epileptic children: a study from Hawaii.
J Pearn, R Bart, R Yamaoka
Br Med J  1978;2:1284-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1284
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Health services in the Irish Republic.
Br Med J  1978;2:1310-1311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1310
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This week's Supplement

The Week
Br Med J  1978;2:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1309
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General Medical Services Committee
Br Med J  1978;2:1312-1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1312
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Joint Consultants Committee
Br Med J  1978;2:1314-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1314
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District nurses: new training proposals
Arnold Elliott
Br Med J  1978;2:1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6147.1316
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