Analgesia and the acute abdomen.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1093 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interpretation of clinical laboratory data.
	G J Boerma, A C Arntzenius
	Br Med J  1979;2:1140-1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1140 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics of drug promotion.
	G K Crompton
	Br Med J  1979;2:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1141 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Babesiosis in man.
	H Williams, W M Lancaster
	Br Med J  1979;2:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1141-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Babesiosis in man.
	W S Symmers
	Br Med J  1979;2:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1141-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Concanavalin A--non-reactive alpha-fetoprotein and communicating fetal malformation.
	P C Kelleher, C J Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1141-1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1141-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endotoxins and gastroduodenal ulceration after burns.
	D Fumarola
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High-carbohydrate diets and insulin-dependent diabetics.
	J I Mann
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of adder bites.
	A Reid
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Choosing a doctor in the USSR.
	J T Hart
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The concept of disease.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142-1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	On-demand analgesia equipment.
	M Darbyshire
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hodgkin's disease and occupational exposure to chemicals.
	R T Benn, A Mangood, A Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of blood pressure measurements.
	D Kerr
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of blood pressure measurements.
	L A Mercurius-Taylor
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143-1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological manifestations and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
	D B Jones
	Br Med J  1979;2:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1144 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Possible cancer hazard associated with 5-methoxypsoralen in suntan preparations.
	M J Ashwood-Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1144-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opiates in acute abdominal pain.
	T J Hughes
	Br Med J  1979;2:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abuse of the National Health Service.
	K Vickery
	Br Med J  1979;2:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1145-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal impairment and lithium.
	D Kimbrell, E W Colt, R R Fieve
	Br Med J  1979;2:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1145-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fetal hazards of altering hypotensive regimens in pregnancy.
	E Gallery, D M Saunders, S N Hunyor, A Z Györy
	Br Med J  1979;2:1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1146-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Work of a day-bed unit 1972-8.
	T H Berrill
	Br Med J  1979;2:1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1146-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Too few necropsies...sarcoid heart disease.
	H A Fleming
	Br Med J  1979;2:1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1146-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reversible renal failure during treatment with captopril.
	K Woodhouse, P R Farrow, R Wilkinson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1146-1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1146-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perinatal mortality by birth order.
	N Mantel
	Br Med J  1979;2:1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aggressive patients--what is the answer?
	K Raghu
	Br Med J  1979;2:1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1147-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148-1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Leptospirosis in man, British Isles, 1978
	Br Med J  1979;2:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1157 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1979;2:1151-1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1979;2:1154-1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1154 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1979;2:1132-1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1132 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Withdrawal of cyanocobalamin
	N McD Davidson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of cyanocobalamin
	A H Goodspeed
	Br Med J  1979;2:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1142-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The concept of disease
	James Mathers
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The concept of disease
	Ian Morris
	Br Med J  1979;2:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1143-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mycosis fungoides—unsolved problems
	Ove Groth, Lars Molin, Kristian Thomsen, Gunnar Volden, Rona MacKie, Willem van Vloten, Stanford Lamberg
	Br Med J  1979;2:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1144-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical practice and community medicine
	G N Constable
	Br Med J  1979;2:1144-1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1144-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cost of treatment in the NHS
	V P Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1145-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Support for AETCEIITIP?
	A W Beatson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1145-1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1145-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Police surgeons and child abuse
	E O Roberts
	Br Med J  1979;2:1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1146 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Professional standards for consultant appointments
	Peter Diggory
	Br Med J  1979;2:1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1147-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	John Duncan
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	E W B Varley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	S McKechnie
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	C V Ruckley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	D Hunter Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1148-1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1148-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	G M Sterling
	Br Med J  1979;2:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant contract
	G M Addison
	Br Med J  1979;2:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1149-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abolishing medical assistants
	I M Librach
	Br Med J  1979;2:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1149-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Royal Medical Benevolent Fund Christmas appeal 1979
	S A Mason
	Br Med J  1979;2:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1149-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	Sam Rowlands
	Br Med J  1979;2:1149-1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1149-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	J A B Robbins
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	V P Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	Shirley A Heale
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	F H Tyrer
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unwanted journals
	Tony Chapman
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How to create (and expand) a data base
	J S Harrop, K Ashwell
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Possible treatment for cold sores
	Ian Calder, S R Ramsay-Smith
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Support for AETCEIITIP?
	Paul Buisseret
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Photographing slides during scientific presentations
	R H Mole
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Cancer of the ovary
	D G Limb
	Br Med J  1979;2:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Pneumococcal vaccine for the spleenless
	Saeed Ahmad
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-j [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Sclerosant treatment for hydroceles
	G E Moloney
	Br Med J  1979;2:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1150-k [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Chance acquaintances
	B N Brooke
	Br Med J  1979;2:1130-1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1130 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1979;2:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1131 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1979;2:1137-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1137 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	W K Cowan
	Br Med J  1979;2:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1139 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Policies on self-poisoning.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1091-1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1091 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Feeding infants of low birth weight.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1092-1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1092 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dissection of the aorta.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1093-1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1093-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex and intersex.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1094-1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1094 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical needles.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1095-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1095 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1096 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intravenous N-acetylcystine: the treatment of choice for paracetamol poisoning.
	L F Prescott, R N Illingworth, J A Critchley, M J Stewart, R D Adam, A T Proudfoot
	Br Med J  1979;2:1097-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1097 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemodynamic effects of salbutamol in patients with acute myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction.
	A D Timmis, S K Strak, D A Chamberlain
	Br Med J  1979;2:1101-1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Scottish perinatal mortality survey.
	G M McIlwaine, R C Howat, F Dunn, M C Macnaughton
	Br Med J  1979;2:1103-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1103 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Essential hypertension: effect of an oral inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme.
	G A MacGregor, N D Markandu, J E Roulston, J C Jones
	Br Med J  1979;2:1106-1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1106 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does captopril lower blood pressure in anephric patients?
	A J Man in 't Veld, G J Wenting, M A Schalekamp
	Br Med J  1979;2:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1110 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Pseudonormonatraemia".
	J Burn, G V Gill
	Br Med J  1979;2:1110-1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1110-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b.
	R C Beach, G S Clayden, S J Eykyn
	Br Med J  1979;2:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complication of mebendazole treatment for hydatid disease.
	I M Murray-Lyon, K W Reynolds
	Br Med J  1979;2:1111-1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1111-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New cannula for intermittent and continuous venous sampling without heparinisation.
	M J Farthing, A M Mattei
	Br Med J  1979;2:1112-1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1112 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Methodical variation of subcutaneous insulin injection sites.
	J O McGee, B P O'Malley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1113 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Methyl-cellulose paint possibly causing heart failure.
	P L Weissberg, I D Green
	Br Med J  1979;2:1113-1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1113-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Theophylline poisoning in adults.
	M Helliwell, D Berry
	Br Med J  1979;2:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1114 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring of psychotropic drug prescribing in general practice.
	P J Dennis
	Br Med J  1979;2:1115-1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1115 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infertility.
	S Bender
	Br Med J  1979;2:1117-1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1117 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The staffing of departments.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1119-1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1119 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant surgeon.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1122-1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1122 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of blood pressure measurement. Future trends.
	E T O'Brien, K O'Malley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1124-1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1124 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Busman's holiday.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1127-1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1127 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatrists in restraints.
	G Dunea
	Br Med J  1979;2:1128-1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1979;2:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From The GMS Committee
	Br Med J  1979;2:1160-1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1160 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From The Scottish Council
	Br Med J  1979;2:1162-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1162 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abortion (Amendment) Bill: BMA's comments
	Br Med J  1979;2:1163-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1163 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Few jobs in Australia
	George Repin
	Br Med J  1979;2:1165-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6198.1165 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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