Adverse reactions to new drugs.
	G R Venning
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1052-1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1052 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New drugs in respiratory disorders.
	D J O'Donoghue
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1053-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parathyroid hypertension.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1053-1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1053-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological effects of recombinant human interferon.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054-1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occult pneumococcal bacteraemia and febrile convulsions.
	P McIntyre, F Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1055-1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1055-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Erythrapheresis in polycythemia.
	R J Gregory
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1056 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computed tomography in the investigation of dementia.
	P Manu
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1056-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1056-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Writer's cramp.
	C D Marsden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1057-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How will the new genetics work?
	J Murray
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1057-1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1057-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antiemetics and cytotoxic drugs.
	J W Fielding, T Priestman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1058 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recurrent meningitis due to congenital malformation of the inner ear.
	N P von Haacke, C B Croft
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1058-1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1058-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	H2 receptor antagonists-cimetidine and ranitidine.
	D Rowley-Jones, A C Flind
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1059-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
	A G Lawrence
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1059-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1059-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dihydrocodeine for breathlessness in "pink puffers".
	I W Grant
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1060-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy in a patient on home parenteral nutrition.
	M C Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1060-1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1060-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Polychlorinated biphenyls (Any Questions)
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1050-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New chief medical officer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1066 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Medical effects of nuclear war
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1075 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	BMA ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNCIL 1982-3
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1-31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1063-1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1063 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1068-1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1068 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Spring Books: Buying British: an Oxford initiative Introduction
	Tessa Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1027-1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1027 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Clearing the jungle of medical education
	J D Swales
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1028-1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Overcoming prejudice
	John Launer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1029 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: A bird's eye view
	Philip Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1030 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Jewel of scholarship
	Alex Paton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1030-1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1030-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: 100 years of information on drugs
	Douglas Whittet
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1032-1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1032 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Opposing traditional view of medicine
	Edward Hare
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1034-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1034 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Life in a Welsh valley
	William Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1035-1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1035 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Cur urceus exit?
	Ruth Holland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1037 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Part of a life
	George H Day
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1038 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Adverse reactions to new drugs
	A Herxheimer, O Hansson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1053 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parathyroid hypertension
	J K Johnson, R Thomson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why one should not take the MRCGP examination
	J A Kerr
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why one should not take the MRCGP examination
	J L Ogle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why one should not take the MRCGP examination
	Anna S Wilson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why one should not take the MRCGP examination
	John Birch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurological effects of recombinant human interferon
	N B Finter, D S Freestone
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1054-1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1054-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Competitive spectacles
	Ronald Pitts Crick
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1055 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personality and socks
	C H Shaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1056-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium antagonist withdrawal syndrome
	Julia Nehring, A J Camm
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1057 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home blood glucose monitoring for insulin dependent diabetics
	R Worth, P D Home, D G Johnston, J Anderson, K G M M Alberti
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1058-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Women poorly advised by Channel 4
	Robert Eagle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1058-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leg ulcers that do not heal
	M J Callam, C V Ruckley, D R Harper, J J Dale
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1059 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are follow up consultations at medical outpatient departments futile?
	Margaret Byron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1059-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurses and smoking
	Lesley Morris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1060 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Repeated renal failure associated with captopril
	Judith A Whitworth, Priscilla Kincaid-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1060-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice in the year 2000
	David E Tulloch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1060-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gall bladder dyspepsia
	A A Hartman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gall bladder dyspepsia
	Ian A D Bouchier
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting innovation in the NHS
	P A Hunt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hours of work of junior doctors
	Aubrey Bristow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing career structure
	J Flindall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing career structure
	J K W Morrice
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1061-1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1061-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing career structure
	Isabel M Gardner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Crisis in rheumatology manpower
	J A Hicklin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Serum creatinine and renal function in rheumatic disease
	Poul Sogaard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Malaria prophylaxis
	S S Bakhshi
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Recurrent aphthous ulceration
	David A Fenton, Elspeth R Young, John D Wilkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Late development of incisional hernia
	T Gledhill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Effects of smoking on long term patency of arteriovenous fistulas
	Charles V Clark
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Wanted: psychiatrists with an interest in mental illness
	Brendan H Hicks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1062-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1050 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	John Crofton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1051 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Non-hormonal treatment of osteoporosis.
	A S Dixon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:999-1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.999 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laser photocoagulation of senile macular degeneration.
	A C Bird
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intestinal anastomosis.
	I E Gillespie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Digital vascular imaging and selective renin sampling in evaluation of vascular anatomy in renal transplant recipients.
	G A Khoury, J D Irving, K Farrington, Z Varghese, J W Persaud, P Sweny, J F Moorhead, O N Fernando
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1003-1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1003 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A highly cost effective method of mass screening for thalassaemia.
	E Silvestroni, I Bianco
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1007-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1007 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of Doppler ultrasound on fetal activity.
	A J Murrills, P Barrington, P D Harris, T Wheeler
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1009-1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1009 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchial reactivity in asthmatic adults with normal spirometric values.
	T Higenbottam, T C Stokes, S Jamieson, L Hill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1012-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1012 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Change to U-100 insulin does not appear to affect insulin absorption.
	P G Swift, J D Kennedy, L S Gerlis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1015 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Predominance of IgG3 subclass in primary cirrhosis.
	O Riggione, R P Stokes, R A Thompson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1015-1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1015-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of 1050 mg fluphenazine decanoate given intramuscularly over six days.
	H K Cheung, E C Yu
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1016-1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1016 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Continuous electroencephalographic recording to detect seizures in paralysed newborn babies.
	J A Eyre, R C Oozeer, A R Wilkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1017-1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac complications of carbamazepine intoxication: treatment by haemoperfusion.
	P J Leslie, R Heyworth, L F Prescott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1018 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Law and the general practitioner. Statutory sick pay: it will affect you.
	N Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overlapping with general practice. Probation officer.
	J D Todd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1021-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical sense and nonsense in biography.
	M Keynes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1023-1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of healthy travel. First aid while abroad.
	E Walker, G Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1039-1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1039 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New Drugs. Beta-blockers and sympathomimetics.
	J Feely, P J de Vane, D Maclean
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1043-1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1043 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letters to a young doctor. Overseas doctors.
	P Rhodes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1047-1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1047 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1071 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trouble on two fronts for Home Secretary
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1072 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the HJSC: Medical manpower in the year 2000: Prince Charles hears juniors' views
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1073-1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1073 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior doctors' accommodation: BMA loses test case
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1075-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: EEC directive for general practice: committee discusses draft
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;286:1076-1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.286.6370.1076 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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