General practice and tropical medicine.
	C J Manning
	Br Med J  1979;2:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.271 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recent trends in opiate dependence.
	E Tylden
	Br Med J  1979;2:271-272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.271-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rubella vaccination.
	G Rocchi, A Volpi, M Andreoni
	Br Med J  1979;2:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.272 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rubella vaccination.
	T S Wilson
	Br Med J  1979;2:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.272-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of maternal phenylketonuria.
	D Kutter, J Thoma
	Br Med J  1979;2:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.272-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A "specialty" for second-class doctors?
	Br Med J  1979;2:272-273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.272-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doubtful epilepsy in childhood.
	M Saunders
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug-induced oesophageal injury.
	J G Williams
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Photocoagulation and diabetic retinopathy.
	E M Kohner, P Leaver
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unfit for holiday.
	A J Pollock
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disposable syringes for insulin injection.
	J M Oli
	Br Med J  1979;2:273-274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Raised HCG in hyperemesis gravidarum.
	C Thornton, E W Lillie, J R McSweeney, R R O'Moore
	Br Med J  1979;2:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.274 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Labetalol in severe tetanus.
	M A Omar, A G Wesley, M Pather
	Br Med J  1979;2:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.274-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why does the Committee on Safety of Medicines do what it does?
	A Lewis
	Br Med J  1979;2:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.274-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
	J V Fowles
	Br Med J  1979;2:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.274-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The premature breech.
	J P Calvert
	Br Med J  1979;2:274-275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.274-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Eyes run on light.
	P A Gardiner
	Br Med J  1979;2:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rate of change of haemoglobin A1 in diabetic patients.
	A P Brooks, J Baird, I M Nairn
	Br Med J  1979;2:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.275-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Half-way houses.
	T H Howell
	Br Med J  1979;2:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.275-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion (Amendment) Bill.
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community medicine--a change in direction.
	Br Med J  1979;2:276-277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: High altitude pulmonary oedema
	Br Med J  1979;2:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.252 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1979;2:278-279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1979;2:280-283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1979;2:265-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	A "specialty" for second-class doctors?
	D P Brown
	Br Med J  1979;2:272-273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.272-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat-belt Bill before Parliament
	K C Easton, D C Rawlins, H M Baird, R L Herbert
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seat-belt Bill before Parliament
	Neil Davidson
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of allergy to insect stings
	John Speight
	Br Med J  1979;2:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.273-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Handbook of Medical Ethics
	Patricia A Bradley
	Br Med J  1979;2:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.275-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chlamydia
	Frederick J Wright
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion (Amendment) Bill
	K P Roche, Jonathan Gould
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion (Amendment) Bill
	Philip R Norris
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pay and contracts
	John Davis
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New consultant contract
	M O'Connor
	Br Med J  1979;2:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.276-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community medicine—a change in direction
	James Gorman
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Defence trusts
	R M Bark
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reconciliation with HCSA
	P J Hoyte
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC elections
	J K Johnson
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Classic cardiology
	T H Hughes-Davies
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Sickle-cell disease and diabetes
	Jeffrey Segall
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Batemans not near Rottingdean
	E C Till
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: To deflatulate or to flatovent
	Eric J Trimmer
	Br Med J  1979;2:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.277-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Regional organisation of neonatal intensive care in the North-west
	Malcolm L Chiswick, Pat Davies, R Bate, Elizabeth Dryburgh, D Gordon-Nesbitt
	Br Med J  1979;2:247-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1979;2:256-262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.256 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diet of a hedgehog
	M J Gilkes
	Br Med J  1979;2:263-264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.263 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Eric G Barnes
	Br Med J  1979;2:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Effect of general practitioners' advice against smoking
	M A H Russell, C Wilson, C Taylor, C D Baker
	Br Med J  1979;2:231-235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.231 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	"Much to praise, not a little to criticise ...".
	Br Med J  1979;2:227-228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.227 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dangerous antihypertensive treatment.
	Br Med J  1979;2:228-229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.228 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
	Br Med J  1979;2:229-230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	No case for an abortion Bill.
	Br Med J  1979;2:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhibition of reticuloendothelial function by gold and its relation to postinjection reactions.
	B D Williams, C M Lockwood, B A Pussell
	Br Med J  1979;2:235-238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Association between raw milk and human Salmonella dublin infection.
	S B Werner, G L Humphrey, I Kamei
	Br Med J  1979;2:238-241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.238 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-operative arterial embolisation in primary liver tumours.
	P G Wheeler, W Melia, P Dubbins, B Jones, H Nunnerley, P Johnson, R Williams
	Br Med J  1979;2:242-244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.242 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emboli from a prosthetic heart valve during postmenopausal oestrogen therapy.
	D Pitcher, P Curry
	Br Med J  1979;2:244-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.244 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blindness after treatment for malignant hypertension.
	D H Cove, M Seddon, R F Fletcher, D C Dukes
	Br Med J  1979;2:245-246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical carcinoma-in-situ in woman exposed to diethylstilboestrol in utero.
	J H Shepherd, J Dewhurst, J Pryse-Davies
	Br Med J  1979;2:246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.246 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of acute renal failure with artificial kidneys.
	D N Kerr
	Br Med J  1979;2:250-252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.250 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion: how early, how late, and how legal?
	V Tunkel
	Br Med J  1979;2:253-256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.253 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relative costs of home and hospital confinement.
	J A Stilwell
	Br Med J  1979;2:257-259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.257 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thomas Bevill Peacock and the early history of dissecting aneurysm.
	J C Leonard
	Br Med J  1979;2:260-262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.260 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	Royal Commission on the NHS
	Br Med J  1979;2:284-290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Royal Commission on the NHS: the background
	Br Med J  1979;2:288-289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ancillary staff pensions dispute settled
	Br Med J  1979;2:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6184.290 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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