Diagnostic kits and the clinical chemist.
	M Warner
	Br Med J  1979;2:1581-1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetic pregnancy.
	G Dixon, B J Burke, P E Savage
	Br Med J  1979;2:1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interpretation of biochemical values.
	V Rippere
	Br Med J  1979;2:1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1582-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypertension and general practice.
	M Coigley, G Barnes
	Br Med J  1979;2:1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1582-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blood pressure measurement.
	R Carlisle
	Br Med J  1979;2:1582-1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1582-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proximal myopathy during beta-blockade.
	R Stone
	Br Med J  1979;2:1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1583 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circulatory collapse after disopyramide and practolol.
	B O'Keeffe, A Hayler, D W Holt
	Br Med J  1979;2:1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1583-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognosis after myocardial infarction.
	P G Nixon
	Br Med J  1979;2:1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1583-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complete detachment of a Björk-Shiley prosthesis.
	P Bloomfield
	Br Med J  1979;2:1583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1583-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Policies on self-poisoning.
	R K Brahma
	Br Med J  1979;2:1583-1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1583-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carbon monoxide poisoning.
	N Davis
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carbon monoxide yield of cigarettes.
	P N Lee
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trial of trimipramine for depression.
	W L Jones
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of haemorrhoids.
	R Grace
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584-1585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary advice and obesity.
	M Bateson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1585-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Day-bed surgery.
	E Spalding
	Br Med J  1979;2:1586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1586 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advertising chenodeoxycholic acid.
	A Cameron
	Br Med J  1979;2:1586-1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1586-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accidental injury in children and interrogation of families.
	E Watson, J M Cameron
	Br Med J  1979;2:1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1587 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accidental injury in children and interrogation of families.
	P K Allott
	Br Med J  1979;2:1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1587-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperbilirubinaemia, weight loss, and breast-feeding.
	T D Yuille
	Br Med J  1979;2:1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1587-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric anaesthetic and analgesic services in wales.
	D J Bowen, A T Letchworth, A D Noble
	Br Med J  1979;2:1587-1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1587-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of chronic paronychia.
	H R Vickers
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subsidy of social functions by drug companies.
	D Hilton
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"A Touch of Sensitivity".
	C M Fitzgerald
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchodilator effect of sodium cromoglycate.
	P Helliwell
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rubella vaccination and unnecessary abortions.
	J W Peters, E G Dowsett
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588-1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coal-mining and mortality.
	A L Cochrane
	Br Med J  1979;2:1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1589 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Audiological consultantship--a sinecure?
	A G Gordon
	Br Med J  1979;2:1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1589-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhalation of formaldehyde vapour.
	A R Lyne
	Br Med J  1979;2:1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1589-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guar crispbread in the diabetic diet.
	N Mantel
	Br Med J  1979;2:1589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1589-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If i was forced to cut.
	D L Freedman
	Br Med J  1979;2:1589-1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1589-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypercalcaemia after tamoxifen for breast cancer.
	G J Rees
	Br Med J  1979;2:1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1590 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation of the newborn.
	A Bosley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1590-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation of the newborn.
	J C Ainley-walker
	Br Med J  1979;2:1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1590-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accident and emergency services.
	W J Morgan
	Br Med J  1979;2:1590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1590-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multidisciplinary terms.
	R T Ritchie
	Br Med J  1979;2:1590-1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1590-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multidisciplinary terms.
	T Pilkington
	Br Med J  1979;2:1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1591 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multidisciplinary terms.
	D Platt, S Hill
	Br Med J  1979;2:1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1591-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J  1979;2:1592-1593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1592 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J  1979;2:1594-1597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1594 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J  1979;2:1574-1578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1574 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Rectal dosage of metronidazole
	Ben Wood
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Addiction to smoking and drinking—our most serious preventable diseases
	Lennox Johnston, John Anderson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1584-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of haemorrhoids
	M R B Keighley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1585 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-compliance: does it matter?
	D C Banks
	Br Med J  1979;2:1585-1586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1585-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advertising chenodeoxycholic acid
	W L Ashton
	Br Med J  1979;2:1586-1587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1586-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Airport hygiene
	D J Harris
	Br Med J  1979;2:1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health visitors and confidentiality
	Margaret Rushforth
	Br Med J  1979;2:1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1591-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penis captivus
	Richard Roberts
	Br Med J  1979;2:1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1591-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	In and Out of Medicine: While the sun shines
	Br Med J  1979;2:1568-1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1568 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Materia Non Medica
	Br Med J  1979;2:1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1569 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confessions of a book-drunk
	H A F Dudley
	Br Med J  1979;2:1572-1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J  1979;2:1579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1579 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	C P Elliott-Binns
	Br Med J  1979;2:1580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1580 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Originals

This week's Papers and Originals

	Dietary fibre and blood pressure
	Angela Wright, P G Burstyn, M J Gibney
	Br Med J  1979;2:1541-1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1541 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Parenteral nutrition before surgery?
	Br Med J  1979;2:1529-1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1529 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The undiscovered country.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1530 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Palindromic rheumatism.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1530-1531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1530-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ludlow's preternatural bag.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1531-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1531 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When wild ideas make sense.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1532 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long-term outcome after severe head injury.
	W Lewin, T F Marshall, A H Roberts
	Br Med J  1979;2:1533-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1533 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Has the mortality of male doctors improved with the reductions in their cigarette smoking?
	P N Lee
	Br Med J  1979;2:1538-1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1538 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impaired response of pancreatic polypeptide to hypoglycaemia: an early sign of autonomic neuropathy in diabetics.
	T Krarup, T W Schwartz, J Hilsted, S Madsbad, O Overlaege, L Sestoft
	Br Med J  1979;2:1544-1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1544 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iron-deficiency anaemia and its effect on worker productivity and activity patterns.
	V R Edgerton, G W Gardner, Y Ohira, K A Gunawardena, B Senewiratne
	Br Med J  1979;2:1546-1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1546 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pruritus ani: is anal sphincter dysfunction important in aetiology?
	A A Eyers, J P Thomson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1549-1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1549 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rotaviruses and the respiratory tract.
	P N Goldwater, I L Chrystie, J E Banatvala
	Br Med J  1979;2:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bitter lemon purpura.
	J A Murray, I Abbott, D A Anderson, A D Morgan
	Br Med J  1979;2:1551-1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1551-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atrio-oesophageal fistula complicating mitral valve disease.
	E Sumithran, K H Lim, H L Chiam
	Br Med J  1979;2:1552-1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1552 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Placental and mammary transfer of sulphasalazine.
	A K Khan, S C Truelove
	Br Med J  1979;2:1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1553 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Collapse after oral disopyramide.
	E G Manolas, D Hung, J T Dowling, M Luxton, J K Vohra, G Sloman
	Br Med J  1979;2:1553-1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1553-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary fibre and ketone bodies: reduced urinary 3-hydroxybutyrate excretion in diabetics on guar.
	D J Jenkins, T D Hockaday, T M Wolever, R Nineham, D V Goff, P Haisman, R Charnock, R H Taylor, S Bacon
	Br Med J  1979;2:1555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Taste loss associated with captopril treatment.
	J J McNeil, A Anderson, N Christophidis, B Jarrott, W J Louis
	Br Med J  1979;2:1555-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1555-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for hypertension: a hospital-based home-vising programme.
	J A Trafford, R Ireland, R McGonigle, P Sharpstone, L Halford-Maw, R Evans
	Br Med J  1979;2:1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1556 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and health services.
	M Shepherd
	Br Med J  1979;2:1557-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1557 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My student elective. Babies and bananas: on foot in Rwanda.
	R Elswood
	Br Med J  1979;2:1559-1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombocytosis, circulating platelet aggregates, and neurological dysfunction.
	F E Preston, J F Martin, R M Stewart, G A Davies-Jones
	Br Med J  1979;2:1561-1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1561 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical medical officers in the child health service. Report of the Joint Paediatric Committee of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and the British Paediatric Association.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1563-1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1563 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Birth trauma.
	H B Valman
	Br Med J  1979;2:1566-1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	If i was forced to cut: consultant paediatrician.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1570-1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1570 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple sclerosis: what can and cannot be done.
	E J Field, G Joyce
	Br Med J  1979;2:1571-1572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-compliance: does it matter?
	Br Med J  1979;2:1585-1586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1585-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ragbag of a bill.
	W Russell
	Br Med J  1979;2:1599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1599 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cash limits squeeze in London AHA(T)s.
	Br Med J  1979;2:1600-1602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1600 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interunion competition bleeds the NHS.
	R Dyson
	Br Med J  1979;2:1606-1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1606 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J  1979;2:1598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1598 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS: audit; manpower
	Br Med J  1979;2:1603-1604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1603 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Handling industrial disputes
	Br Med J  1979;2:1604-1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1604 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Government's private practice proposals
	Br Med J  1979;2:1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1605 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Patients First": Government's consultative paper
	Br Med J  1979;2:1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1605-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short-term certification: advice to GPs
	Br Med J  1979;2:1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1608 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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