Who cares for the mentally handicapped?
	Br Med J  1978;2:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1568 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid disease and pregnancy.
	J How, P D Bewsher
	Br Med J  1978;2:1568-1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1568-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of patients after 131I treatment for thyrotoxicosis.
	A J Hedley, J C Pearson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1569 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Distalgesic and paracetamol poisoning.
	F G Hails, R M Whittington
	Br Med J  1978;2:1569-1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1569-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Terminal symptoms in children dying suddenly and unexpectedly.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1570-1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1570-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zuckerman overtaken.
	G S Andrews
	Br Med J  1978;2:1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do all pregnant women need iron?
	M Jolliffe
	Br Med J  1978;2:1571-1572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1571-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One species or two?
	S Graves
	Br Med J  1978;2:1572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time and the consultation in general practice.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1572-1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1572-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescribing information for patients.
	J Williams
	Br Med J  1978;2:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1573-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs.
	W E Benney
	Br Med J  1978;2:1573-1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1573-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Serious verapamil poisoning.
	U de Faire, T Lundman
	Br Med J  1978;2:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1574-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: reform of fellowship examinations.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1574-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chaos caused by maternity leave regulations.
	A L Grüneberg
	Br Med J  1978;2:1575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1575 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal by HJSC from the Review Body.
	J N Johnson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1575-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Treatment of hydatidosis
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-g [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:1566-1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:1577-1579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1577 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Christmas Books: Personal choice, 1978
	Br Med J  1978;2:1537-1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Starting from scratch
	David Croom
	Br Med J  1978;2:1542-1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Psychiatry—myth and model
	J K Wing
	Br Med J  1978;2:1543-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1543 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Jews of the world
	Hermann Lehmann
	Br Med J  1978;2:1545-1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Red herrings triumphant
	Alex Paton
	Br Med J  1978;2:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1546 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Our psychic roots
	Daphne Gloag
	Br Med J  1978;2:1547-1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1547 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: Quirks of fate?
	David F Horrobin
	Br Med J  1978;2:1548-1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1548 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: A reviewer and a reply: Behaviourists' view of values
	H A F Dudley
	Br Med J  1978;2:1549-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Books: A reviewer and a reply: Procul este, profani
	H J Eysenck
	Br Med J  1978;2:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1550 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Who cares for the mentally handicapped?
	David A Primrose
	Br Med J  1978;2:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1568-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of congenital rubella
	H Yellowlees
	Br Med J  1978;2:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1569-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Extending the role of the clinical nurse
	M F L Wright
	Br Med J  1978;2:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1570 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Extending the role of the clinical nurse
	J K W Morrice
	Br Med J  1978;2:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1570-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Terminal symptoms in children dying suddenly and unexpectedly
	E A Shinebourne, David Southall, Robert Anderson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1570-1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1570-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perspectives in spina bifida
	R M Forrester
	Br Med J  1978;2:1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1571-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time and the consultation in general practice
	K B Thomas
	Br Med J  1978;2:1572-1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1572-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human Milk in the Modern World
	D B Jelliffe, E F P Jelliffe
	Br Med J  1978;2:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1573 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Progesterone nasal spray contraceptive
	F P Diggins
	Br Med J  1978;2:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1573-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality control
	C A K Bird, C B Brownhill
	Br Med J  1978;2:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1573-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in WHO tumour classification
	J M Grainger
	Br Med J  1978;2:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1574 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: reform of fellowship examinations
	Robin Bosanquet
	Br Med J  1978;2:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1574-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultants' superannuation
	R H White-Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:1575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1575-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Honorary registrar posts in the NHS
	L P Le Quesne
	Br Med J  1978;2:1575-1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1575-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Honorary registrar posts in the NHS
	J M Cundy
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overwork in preregistration posts
	P W Hutton
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Do all pregnant women need iron?
	R C Garry
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Teaching of geriatric medicine
	Jill V Timbs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Ovarian cysts: "pendulum" symptom
	D Hutchison
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Partial mastectomy for breast cancer
	P L Berger
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unusual skateboard injury
	P R J Vickers
	Br Med J  1978;2:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1576-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Image of a society
	Br Med J  1978;2:1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Normansfield Inquiry
	Br Med J  1978;2:1560-1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	D N S Kerr
	Br Med J  1978;2:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1565 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Listening to the lungs.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1515-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1515 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endocrine basis for sexual dysfunction in men.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1516-1517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1516 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal complications of connective tissue disease.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing reform: shadow or substance?
	Br Med J  1978;2:1517-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1517-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing: a dominantly inherited trait associated with diabetes.
	R D Leslie, D A Pyke
	Br Med J  1978;2:1519-1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1519 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chlorpropamide-alcohol flushing: a definition of its relation to non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
	D A Pyke, R D Leslie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1521-1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1521 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mumps prophylaxis in the light of a new test for antibody.
	P P Mortimer
	Br Med J  1978;2:1523-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1523 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physiotherapy and intermittent positive-pressure ventilation of chronic bronchitis.
	D A Newton, H G Bevans
	Br Med J  1978;2:1525-1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1525 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic implications of chromosomal findings in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at diagnosis.
	L M Secker-Walker, S D Lawler, R M Hardisty
	Br Med J  1978;2:1529-1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1529 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of thyroid disease associated with oral contraceptives.
	P Frank, C R Kay
	Br Med J  1978;2:1531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1531 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uneventful pregnancy after Wilms's tumour.
	S Rudra, K J Tan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1531-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1531-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Congenital factor XIII deficiency in a neonate.
	J Francis, P Todd
	Br Med J  1978;2:1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1532 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salicylate hepatotoxicity in systemic lupus erythematosus: a common occurrence?
	R L Travers, G R Hughes
	Br Med J  1978;2:1532-1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1532-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sarcoid lesion in breast after probable sarcoidosis in lung.
	B Rigden
	Br Med J  1978;2:1533-1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1533 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transient myeloid and erythroid aplasia associated with infectious hepatitis.
	F C Firkin, K Nicholls, G Whelan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1534 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intermittent ophthalmoplegia.
	W F Kelly, G F Joplin
	Br Med J  1978;2:1534-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1534-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hashimoto's thyroiditis presenting as T3 toxicosis.
	R K Mallya, A J Isaacs, R Bayliss
	Br Med J  1978;2:1535-1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1535 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Profound bradycardia in response to atrial fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
	A J Camm, D E Ward, R A Spurrell
	Br Med J  1978;2:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1536 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Road accidents and driving behaviour.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1551-1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to do it. Apply for a research grant.
	J Howie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1553-1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1553 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of ophthalmology. Refractive anomalies.
	P A Gardiner
	Br Med J  1978;2:1555-1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aetiology of disease--comparisons between individuals.
	G Rose, D J Barker
	Br Med J  1978;2:1558-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1558 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:1580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1580 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thoughts on hospital staffing
	I K Mathie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1581-1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMSC: Changes in complaints procedures opposed
	Br Med J  1978;2:1582-1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6151.1582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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