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This week's Letter

Storage and cooking of poultry.
D Roberts, M F Stringer, R J Gilbert
Br Med J  1978;2:1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1708
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Normansfield Hospital inquiry.
Br Med J  1978;2:1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1709
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Heroin addiction and road traffic accidents.
G Edwards, P J Quartaro
Br Med J  1978;2:1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1710-a
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Legionnaires' disease.
Br Med J  1978;2:1710-1711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1710-b
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Raw donor breast milk for newborn babies.
L Carrol, M Osman, D P Davies, E Broderick
Br Med J  1978;2:1711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1711-b
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Smear campaign.
Br Med J  1978;2:1711-1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1711-c
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Metoclopramide in young children.
G J Reynolds
Br Med J  1978;2:1713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1713-a
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Management of defects of vision in early childhood.
A A Beaton
Br Med J  1978;2:1713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1713-b
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Postanaesthetic oxygen.
P S Parfrey, P J Harte, J P Quinlan, M P Brady
Br Med J  1978;2:1713-1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1713-c
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Successful defibrillation in general practice.
D J Dickson, J M Cruickshank, D W Smith
Br Med J  1978;2:1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1714-a
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Terminology of enuresis.
J R Hindmarsh
Br Med J  1978;2:1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1714-c
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Deficiencies in parenteral nutrition.
D Tweedle, F D Skidmore, N Gleave
Br Med J  1978;2:1714-1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1714-d
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Primary autoimmune diabetes mellitus.
R S Gray, B F Clarke
Br Med J  1978;2:1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1715
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Practical problems with insulin infusion pumps.
H Mather, T R Pilkington
Br Med J  1978;2:1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1715-b
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Data sheets and lactation.
P J Lewis, D R Harvey
Br Med J  1978;2:1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1715-c
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Breakfast and Crohn's disease.
A H James
Br Med J  1978;2:1715-1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1715-d
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Inadequacy of information of side effects.
C J Bateman
Br Med J  1978;2:1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716
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Computer confidentiality.
P A Casey
Br Med J  1978;2:1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716-a
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Scombrotoxic fish poisoning?
A J Waring
Br Med J  1978;2:1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716-b
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Intrauterine hiccup.
J Dearlove
Br Med J  1978;2:1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716-c
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Conservation surgery for laryngeal cancer.
H J Shaw
Br Med J  1978;2:1716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716-d
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Nutrition and the cancer patient.
H B Hewitt
Br Med J  1978;2:1716-1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1716-e
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Physiotherapy in obstetrics and gynaecology.
B Barlowe, S Harrison, D Mandelstam
Br Med J  1978;2:1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1717-a
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High-density lipoprotein cholesterol in diabetes.
M B Mattock, J H Fuller
Br Med J  1978;2:1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1717-c
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Greater auricular nerve in diagnosis of leprosy.
A G Jarrams
Br Med J  1978;2:1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718
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Malaria in Glasgow.
E Walker
Br Med J  1978;2:1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718-a
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Repeated self-poisoning.
C Lunken
Br Med J  1978;2:1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718-d
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General ophthalmic services - a practical alternative.
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719
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Staffing of accident and emergency departments.
G S Pathakji
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719-b
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This week's Corrections

Correction: Physiotherapy and intermittent positive-pressure ventilation of chronic bronchitis
Br Med J  1978;2:1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1684-a
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Correction: Review of patients after 131I treatment for thyrotoxicosis
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719-d
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Correction: Treadmill exercise test for predicting coronary disease
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719-e
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This week's Articles

OBITUARY
Br Med J  1978;2:1720-1721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1720
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NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J  1978;2:1722-1724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1722
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J  1978;2:1701-1705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1701
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This week's Correspondence

How to organise an international medical meeting
P B Cotton
Br Med J  1978;2:1708-1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1708-a
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Normansfield Hospital inquiry
Baron Russell
Br Med J  1978;2:1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1709-a
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Normansfield Hospital inquiry
Gareth Jones
Br Med J  1978;2:1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1709-b
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Normansfield Hospital inquiry
R K Griffiths
Br Med J  1978;2:1709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1709-c
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Deaths under 50
Peter Draper, Jenny Griffiths
Br Med J  1978;2:1709-1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1709-d
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Training in mental handicap
T L Pilkington
Br Med J  1978;2:1710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1710
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Legionnaires' disease
K C Chin, A K R Chaudhuri, W Campbell Love
Br Med J  1978;2:1711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1711
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Controversies in WHO tumour classification
L H Sobin
Br Med J  1978;2:1711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1711-a
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Smear campaign
Leslie Ellis
Br Med J  1978;2:1711-1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1711-d
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BPAS and AID
Diane Munday
Br Med J  1978;2:1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1712
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Zuckerman overtaken
J R Anderson
Br Med J  1978;2:1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1712-a
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Manipulation for low back pain
Martyn Rose, P R Martin, P J R Nichols
Br Med J  1978;2:1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1712-b
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Attitudes of graduates towards amniocentesis
Ray McGlone
Br Med J  1978;2:1712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1712-c
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Screening for impaired visual acuity in middle age in general practice
David H Stone, David J Shannon
Br Med J  1978;2:1712-1713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1712-d
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Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
J M Gumpel
Br Med J  1978;2:1713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1713
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Naming of drugs
R Schneider
Br Med J  1978;2:1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1714
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Collaboration between GPs and pharmacists
Steven A Pleece
Br Med J  1978;2:1714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1714-b
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Tetracycline preparations for children
Ross J Taylor
Br Med J  1978;2:1715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1715-a
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Squares, cubes, and power
B M Wright
Br Med J  1978;2:1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1717
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Antibiotics for cough and purulent sputum
Nigel C H Stott, R R West
Br Med J  1978;2:1717-1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1717-d
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Young people who sleep badly
R W Fakes
Br Med J  1978;2:1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718-b
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Acute poisoning with Distalgesic
A K Clarke
Br Med J  1978;2:1718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718-c
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Fee for service or capitation fee?
K C Harvey
Br Med J  1978;2:1718-1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1718-e
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General ophthalmic services — a practical alternative
Ian W Payne
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719-a
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Marriage guidance counsellors
James Carne, Adrian Dell, S Swirsky, Gillian D Yudkin
Br Med J  1978;2:1719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1719-c
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This week's Leading Articles

Ciba symposia
Br Med J  1978;2:1664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1664
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This week's Medical Practice

Materia Non Medica
Br Med J  1978;2:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1698
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Medicine and the Media
Br Med J  1978;2:1706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1706
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Personal View
M N G Dukes
Br Med J  1978;2:1707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1707
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This week's Research Article

Hazards of amniocentesis.
Br Med J  1978;2:1661-1662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1661
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Viruses and reclaimed water.
Br Med J  1978;2:1662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1662
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Preventing immersion hypothermia.
Br Med J  1978;2:1662-1663, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1662-a
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Computers and confidentiality.
Br Med J  1978;2:1663, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1663
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Breathing and control of heart rate.
Br Med J  1978;2:1663-1664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1663-a
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Aetiology and natural history of Parkinson's disease.
J M Pearce
Br Med J  1978;2:1664-1666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1664-a
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Randomised controlled trial of vancomycin for pseudomembranous colitis and postoperative diarrhoea.
M R Keighley, D W Burdon, Y Arabi, J A Williams, H Thompson, D Youngs, M Johnson, S Bentley, R H George, G A Mogg
Br Med J  1978;2:1667-1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1667
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Variations in number of births and perinatal mortality by day of week in England and Wales.
A MacFarlane
Br Med J  1978;2:1670-1673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1670
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Treatment and survival on advanced breast cancer.
T Priestman, M Baum, V Jones, J Forbes
Br Med J  1978;2:1673-1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1673
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Computed tomography of abdomen in staging and clinical management of lymphoma.
J J Best, G Blackledge, W S Forbes, I D Todd, B Eddleston, D Crowther, I Isherwood
Br Med J  1978;2:1675-1677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1675
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New approach to treatment of recent stroke.
A K Admani
Br Med J  1978;2:1678-1679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1678
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Return to work after coronary artery surgery for angina.
J Wallwork, B Potter, P K Caves
Br Med J  1978;2:1680-1681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1680
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Serum prolactin in epilepsy and hysteria.
M R Trimble
Br Med J  1978;2:1682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1682
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Vipoma: localisation by percutaneous transhepatic portal venous sampling.
J G Kingham, R Dick, S R Bloom, R J Frankel
Br Med J  1978;2:1682-1683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1682-a
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IgM platelet autoantibody due to sodium valproate.
R M Sandler, C Emberson, G E Roberts, D Voak, J Darnborough, A F Heeley
Br Med J  1978;2:1683-1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1683
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Response to penicillamine of lead concentrations in CSF and blood in patients with motor neurone disease.
A O House, R J Abbott, D L Davidson, I T Ferguson, J A Lenman
Br Med J  1978;2:1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1684
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Colonoscopy for unexplained rectal bleeding.
E T Swarbrick, D I Fevre, R H Hunt, B M Thomas, C B Williams
Br Med J  1978;2:1685-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1685
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Epidemiology for the uninitiated. Experimental studies.
G Rose, D J Barker
Br Med J  1978;2:1687-1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1687
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ABC of ophthalmology. Glaucoma.
P A Gardiner
Br Med J  1978;2:1689-1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1689
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Visual screening of pre-school children.
J H Cameron, M Cameron
Br Med J  1978;2:1693-1694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1693
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How to do it. Take an examination viva.
N K Shinton
Br Med J  1978;2:1694-1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1694
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Road accidents--seat belts and the safe car.
Br Med J  1978;2:1695-1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1695
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Charles White of Manchester: the 250th anniversary of his birth.
G Behr
Br Med J  1978;2:1699-1700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1699
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Lithium carbonate and dental caries.
A Gillis
Br Med J  1978;2:1717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1717-b
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This week's Supplement

The Week
Br Med J  1978;2:1725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1725
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Council: Normansfield report referred to committees
Br Med J  1978;2:1726-1728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1726
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CCHMS: Trent's UDI threat on manpower
Br Med J  1978;2:1729-1732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1729
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New contract for medical assistants
Br Med J  1978;2:1731-1732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6153.1731
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