Rugby injuries to the cervical cord.
	T W Hoskins
	Br Med J  1978;2:1783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1783 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postanaesthetic oxygen.
	J Nunn
	Br Med J  1978;2:1784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1784-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of breast tumors.
	P Last, A Bailey
	Br Med J  1978;2:1784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1784-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of the telephone in consultant practice.
	E J Campbell
	Br Med J  1978;2:1784-1785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1784-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol poisoning.
	M Lesna
	Br Med J  1978;2:1785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1785 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changing social-class distribution of heart disease.
	A M Adelstein, L Bulusu
	Br Med J  1978;2:1785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1785-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selection of patients for dialysis and transplantation.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1785-1786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1785-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Behçet's disease.
	M Madkour, A Kudwah
	Br Med J  1978;2:1786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1786-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retroperitoneal fibrosis after treatment with atenolol.
	C C Doherty, M G McGeown, R A Donaldson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1786-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hazards of sulphinpyrazone.
	D Mattingly, M Bradley, P J Selley
	Br Med J  1978;2:1786-1787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1786-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Costs and benefits of serum alpha-fetoprotein screening.
	A P Read
	Br Med J  1978;2:1787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1787 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seizure following lumbar myelography with metrizamide.
	A R Wray, J Templeton, J D Laird
	Br Med J  1978;2:1787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1787-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality control.
	A R Forrest
	Br Med J  1978;2:1787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1787-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of self-poisoned patients in hospital.
	D Blake, M G Bramble
	Br Med J  1978;2:1788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1788 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Caring for babies of very low birth weight.
	F N Porter
	Br Med J  1978;2:1788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1788-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social mobility in African patients with duodenal ulcers.
	M G Moshal, L Schlemmer, N K Naidoo
	Br Med J  1978;2:1788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1788-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dealing with residual bile duct stones.
	R Mason
	Br Med J  1978;2:1788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1788-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Extending the role of the clinical nurse.
	L Wagstaff
	Br Med J  1978;2:1788-1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1788-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communication with Asian diabetics.
	B Leatherdale
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Placement of central feeding catheters.
	P Jacobs, J Jacobson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Listening to the lungs.
	A J Johnston
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Syngamus in an Australian.
	B A Latham
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Ultrasound swallow".
	D Stevens
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789-1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs.
	J M Ekue
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Frusemide and renal enzyme excretion.
	J Peterson, P Whiting, F M Kennedy
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nitrites--to ban or not to ban?
	A Lewis
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Car doors.
	C L Hewer
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children with small stature.
	C J Kelnar, C Brook
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice records.
	H W Acheson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1790-1791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1790-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nomen proprium--an unusual side effect.
	J G Evans, J R Elliott
	Br Med J  1978;2:1791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1791 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A national medical service.
	J P Crawford
	Br Med J  1978;2:1791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1791-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Staffing of accident and emergency departments.
	R Hardy
	Br Med J  1978;2:1791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1791-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Heart valve replacement in the elderly
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-g [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1978;2:1793-1794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1793 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1978;2:1795-1798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1795 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics
	Aviva Petrie
	Br Med J  1978;2:1783-1784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1783-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics
	Ian Clarke
	Br Med J  1978;2:1784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1784 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selection of patients for dialysis and transplantation
	Rasheed Ahmad
	Br Med J  1978;2:1786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1786 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Type II errors and ethics
	D J Newell
	Br Med J  1978;2:1789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1789 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chaos caused by maternity leave regulations
	Cynthia Illingworth
	Br Med J  1978;2:1791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1791-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-emergencies out of hours
	M J Illingworth
	Br Med J  1978;2:1791-1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1791-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thoughts on hospital staffing
	E N S Fry
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant milage allowances
	Michael Baum
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GP trainees' car allowance
	D M Katz
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Postanaesthetic oxygen
	J N Lunn
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hip replacement: self-assessment of disability
	A Ganel, H Horoszowski
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Treatment of pressure sores
	B Ramamurthi
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Data sheets and ABPI Compendium
	C D E Morris
	Br Med J  1978;2:1792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1792-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Nice people with no manners
	Stephen Lock
	Br Med J  1978;2:1774-1775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1774 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Biology, blind men, and elephants
	Berril Yushomerski Yankelowitz
	Br Med J  1978;2:1775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1775 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Chicago: Auctioning Brenda
	George Dunea
	Br Med J  1978;2:1776-1777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1776 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas Quiz, 1978
	Br Med J  1978;2:1778-1797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1778 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1978;2:1781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1781 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	G R Dunstan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1782 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	How does alcohol damage the liver?
	Br Med J  1978;2:1733-1734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1733 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden death.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1734 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reliability and reversibility of female sterilisation.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1734-1735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1734-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recurrent vaginal candida infection.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1735-1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1735 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hydronephrosis.
	Br Med J  1978;2:1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1736 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine, the community, and the university: a century of Cambridge history.
	R M Acheson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1737-1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1737 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality among drug addicts in Greater London.
	A H Ghodse, M Sheehan, B Stevens, C Taylor, G Edwards
	Br Med J  1978;2:1742-1744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1742 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guar crispbread in the diabetic diet.
	D J Jenkins, T M Wolever, R Nineham, R Taylor, G L Metz, S Bacon, T D Hockaday
	Br Med J  1978;2:1744-1746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1744 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical spine injuries in Rugby Union football.
	J P Williams, B McKibbin
	Br Med J  1978;2:1747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1747 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Study of toxocaral infection in dog breeders.
	A W Woodruff, D de Savigny, D E Jacobs
	Br Med J  1978;2:1747-1748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1747-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lead poisoning from aphrodisiacs: potential hazard in immigrants.
	R L Brearley, A M Forsythe
	Br Med J  1978;2:1748-1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1748 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of transcendental meditation and progressive relaxation in reducing anxiety.
	D Thomas, K A Abbas
	Br Med J  1978;2:1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1749 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Silver poisoning associated with an antismoking lozenge.
	D Macintire, A L Mclay, B W East, E D Williams, K Boddy
	Br Med J  1978;2:1749-1750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1749-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Facial naevus and unsuspected visual loss from glaucoma.
	A O'Connell, R Pitts Crick
	Br Med J  1978;2:1750-1751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1750 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urethral discharge associated with ingested foreign body.
	W N Wykes, J R Barker
	Br Med J  1978;2:1751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1751 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adenosine deaminase activity in pleural effusions: an aid to differential diagnosis.
	M A Piras, C Gakis, M Budroni, G Andreoni
	Br Med J  1978;2:1751-1752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1751-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CAT brain scans after central nervous system prophylaxis for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
	R E Day, J Kingston, J A Bullimore, M G Mott, J L Thomson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1752-1753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1752 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion associated with neurohypophyseal choristoma.
	C Haslett, N J Douglas
	Br Med J  1978;2:1753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1753 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatry and natural history.
	L Taylor
	Br Med J  1978;2:1754-1758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1754 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injuries in Rugby Union football.
	J E Davies, T Gibson
	Br Med J  1978;2:1759-1761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1759 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, physiotherapists, and placebo pharmacology.
	S Bourne
	Br Med J  1978;2:1761-1763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1761 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How should a consultant spend his time?
	T L Dunn, D J Attwood
	Br Med J  1978;2:1763-1765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1763 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex and the Church.
	E James
	Br Med J  1978;2:1766-1768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1766 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How the RAMC almost lost its band.
	R H Girdwood
	Br Med J  1978;2:1769-1770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1769 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful cardiac resuscitation with electricity in the 18th century?
	E Perman
	Br Med J  1978;2:1770-1771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1770 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The medicine of ocean yacht racing.
	R D Leach
	Br Med J  1978;2:1771-1773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1771 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and literature.
	N Sheridan
	Br Med J  1978;2:1779-1780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1779 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Normansfield: vacuum of management in the NHS.
	R Klein
	Br Med J  1978;2:1802-1804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1802 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A woman's place is in the wrong.
	E Lester
	Br Med J  1978;2:1805-1806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1978;2:1799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1799 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Congress, Hong Kong—Programme
	Br Med J  1978;2:1800-1804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1800 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract: draft circular
	Br Med J  1978;2:1806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1806 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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