Return of whooping cough.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1639-1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1639 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating stroke: home or hospital?
	B Isaacs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1640 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1640-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dexamethasone in acute stroke.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1640-1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1640-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating accidental hypothermia.
	P J Andrew, R S Parker
	Br Med J  1978;2:1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1641-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heart valve replacement in the elderly.
	J S Wright
	Br Med J  1978;2:1641-1642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1641-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zuckerman overtaken.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1642-1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1642 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1643 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Progestogen modification of endometrial histology in menopasual women.
	M I Whitehead, S Campbell, G Dyer, W P Collins, J Pryse-Davies, T A Ryder, M L Rooney, J McQueen, R King
	Br Med J  1978;2:1643-1644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1643-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Immunisation of adults against diphtheria.
	J Wallace
	Br Med J  1978;2:1644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1644 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manipulation for low back pain.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1644-1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1644-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical trial experience by simulation.
	C Maxwell
	Br Med J  1978;2:1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1645-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contamination of sterile fluids.
	E R Tallet
	Br Med J  1978;2:1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1645-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotics and respiratory illness.
	M Curwen
	Br Med J  1978;2:1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1645-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of migraine.
	R P Snaith
	Br Med J  1978;2:1645-1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1645-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex and prognosis in adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
	M Baccarani, D Ruggero, M Gobbi, S Tura
	Br Med J  1978;2:1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1646 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minimum information needed by prescribers.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1646-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opportunity in health visiting.
	M Hall
	Br Med J  1978;2:1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1646-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice records.
	N M Maclean
	Br Med J  1978;2:1646-1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1646-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Safety Net and preregistration posts.
	D G Black, G E Swaffield
	Br Med J  1978;2:1647-1648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1647-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Staffing of accident and emergency departments.
	D M Bowers
	Br Med J  1978;2:1648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1648 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical medical officers.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1648-1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1648-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Thyrotoxic Graves's disease after primary hypothyroidism
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-f [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:1650-1651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1650 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:1652-1655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1652 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1978;2:1630-1635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1630 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Return of whooping cough
	W H Hayes
	Br Med J  1978;2:1639-1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1639-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients
	S Javed Iqbal, P J Ojwang
	Br Med J  1978;2:1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1640-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dexamethasone in acute stroke
	Ronald A Blattel
	Br Med J  1978;2:1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1641 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heart valve replacement in the elderly
	T A H English, A H B de Bono, B B Milstein
	Br Med J  1978;2:1641-1642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1641-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zuckerman overtaken
	L G Whitby
	Br Med J  1978;2:1642-1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1642-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs
	Stuart Sanders
	Br Med J  1978;2:1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1643-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs
	Gerald A MacGregor
	Br Med J  1978;2:1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1643-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manipulation for low back pain
	John Goodwill
	Br Med J  1978;2:1644-1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1644-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manipulation for low back pain
	Gabriel Symonds
	Br Med J  1978;2:1645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1645 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minimum information needed by prescribers
	Fred Schneiweiss
	Br Med J  1978;2:1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1646-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wales under the Act
	G Murray Jones
	Br Med J  1978;2:1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1647 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private practice and the reduction of pay-beds
	John J Shipman, Roger H Armour, J M Lancaster, P J Mills
	Br Med J  1978;2:1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1647-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Remuneration of NHS occupational health physicians
	Joseph Kearns
	Br Med J  1978;2:1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1647-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Payment of allowances and back pay
	J N Thompson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1647-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical medical officers
	O H Wolff
	Br Med J  1978;2:1648-1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1648-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical medical officers
	Aitolia English
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant milage allowances
	Richard Marcus
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Anaphylaxis after oral penicilline
	D Goldmeier
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Beta-blockade in subarachnoid haemorrhage
	G Neil-Dwyer
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Glue ear and grommets
	A B Alexander
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points from Letters: Early treatment of myocardial infarction in the community
	H N Goodall
	Br Med J  1978;2:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1649-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Epidemiology and the Potteries
	Br Med J  1978;2:1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1590 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:1629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1629 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1978;2:1636-1637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1636 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Bobbie Jacobson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1638 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Clofibrate and the primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1585-1586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1585 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is hyperthermia a teratogen?
	Br Med J  1978;2:1586-1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1586 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice records.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1587 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tissue typing in cadaveric transplantation.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1587-1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1587-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Phantom limb pain.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1588-1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1588 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lymphocyte capping and carrier detection in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1589-1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1589 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of neurosurgery for psychological disorder in British Isles during 1974--6.
	B M Barraclough, N A Mitchell-Heggs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1591-1593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1591 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Myocardial ischaemia in patients with frequent angina pectoris.
	A P Selwyn, K Fox, M Eves, D Oakley, H Dargie, J Shillingford
	Br Med J  1978;2:1594-1596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1594 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Precordial exercise mapping: improved diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
	K Fox, A Selwyn, J Shillingford
	Br Med J  1978;2:1596-1598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1596 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of propranolol and metoprolol on the peripheral circulation.
	P D McSorley, D J Warren
	Br Med J  1978;2:1598-1600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1598 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Liver enzyme concentrations as measure of possible infectivity in chronic asymptomatic carriers of hepatitis B.
	J A Barbara, V Mijovic, T E Cleghorn, R S Tedder, M Briggs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1600-1602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1600 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemodynamic effects of buprenorphine after heart surgery.
	F L Rosenfeldt, B Houston, D Thompson, N Naqui, A D Malcolm, B T Williams, D J Coltart
	Br Med J  1978;2:1602-1603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1602 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of measuring cord blood bilirubin concentration in ABO incompatibility.
	K N Haque
	Br Med J  1978;2:1604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1604 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spontaneous pneumomediastinum complicating anorexia nervosa.
	A J Donley, T J Kemple
	Br Med J  1978;2:1604-1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1604-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Strokes and hypertension: contribution of poor blood pressure control.
	P G Kennedy, B I Hoffbrand
	Br Med J  1978;2:1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1605 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac pain referred to site of previously experienced somatic pain.
	J A Henry, E Montuschi
	Br Med J  1978;2:1605-1606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1605-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An outpatient medication record.
	Z G Erskine, D C Moir, T A Jeffers, J C Petrie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1606-1607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1606 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis in Nigerians using 125I-labelled fibrinogen.
	U Osime
	Br Med J  1978;2:1607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1607 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ondine's curse after carotid endarterectomy.
	D Beamish, J A Wildsmith
	Br Med J  1978;2:1607-1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1607-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transient severe hypertension and polyradiculitis after chickenpox.
	J Davies, R J Rowlatt
	Br Med J  1978;2:1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1608 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cobalt cardiomyopathy in a patient on maintenance haemodialysis.
	I H Manifold, M M Platts, A Kennedy
	Br Med J  1978;2:1609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1609 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of oblique tomography in tracheal stenosis due to retrosternal goitre.
	P Ward, A N Khan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1609-1610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1609-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dialysis encephalopathy: recovery after interruption of aluminium intake.
	M Poisson, R Mashaly, B Lebkiri
	Br Med J  1978;2:1610-1611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1610 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occlusion of external carotid artery causing intermittent claudication of the masseter.
	R R Lewis, M G Beasley, K S MacLean
	Br Med J  1978;2:1611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1611 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombocytopenia associated with legionnaires' disease.
	T M Gasper, P A Farndon, R Davies
	Br Med J  1978;2:1611-1612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1611-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Functional independence in post-anoxic myoclonus: contribution of L-5-HTP sodium valproate and clonazepam.
	W M Carroll, P J Walsh
	Br Med J  1978;2:1612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1612 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nitrites--to ban or not to ban?
	B J Culliton, W K Waterfall
	Br Med J  1978;2:1613-1614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1613 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Training in internal fixation of fractures.
	J C Griffiths
	Br Med J  1978;2:1615-1616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1615 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology for the uninitiated. Aetiology of disease--selection of controls.
	G Rose, D J Barker
	Br Med J  1978;2:1616-1617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1616 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to do it. Be interviewed.
	J O Drife
	Br Med J  1978;2:1618-1619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1618 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accidents--speed and the road environment.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1619-1621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1619 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Ophthalmology. Methods of examination.
	P A Gardiner
	Br Med J  1978;2:1622-1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1622 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A miniature Wright peak-flow meter.
	B M Wright
	Br Med J  1978;2:1627-1628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1627 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who manages pathology laboratories?
	R Dyson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1658-1659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1658 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:1656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1656 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ROUNDUP
	Br Med J  1978;2:1657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1657 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who will follow the juniors now?
	Patrick O'Connor
	Br Med J  1978;2:1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6152.1660 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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