Rifampicin in non-tuberculous infections.
	W Brumfitt, J M Hamilton-Miller
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS: an old disease from Africa?
	C J Lacey, M A Waugh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.496-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctor's attitudes to risk in difficult clinical decisions.
	T Benson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:496-497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.496-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doubts about linear analogue scales.
	J Hall, J Iannos
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:498-499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.498-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatitis B virus infection in thalassemia major.
	V Larcher, P Habibi, E Price
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.500-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Treatment of oesophageal cancer: proposal for a national society
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-g [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thoracic medicine subcommittee (CCHMS)
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	Correction
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Articles

This week's Articles

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:504-506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:507-508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.507 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:490-492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.490 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	How might we improve surgical services for rural populations in developing countries?
	Sam Ramsay Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:494-495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.494 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How might we improve surgical services for rural populations in developing countries?
	R S Ramaiah
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.495 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How might we improve surgical services for rural populations in developing countries?
	S M Whitehead
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.495-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How might we improve surgical services for rural populations in developing countries?
	Andrew R Potter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.495-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical waiting lists
	Kevin J Dalton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.495-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical waiting lists
	F S A Doran
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:495-496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.495-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quetelet index in diagnosis of anorexia nervosa
	T Khosla
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quetelet index in diagnosis of anorexia nervosa
	D Llewellyn-Jones, Suzanne Abraham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.497-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letters from general practitioners to hospitals
	G K T Holmes, P Crisp, D R Upton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.497-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letters from general practitioners to hospitals
	A Todd, P C Hayes, I A D Bouchier
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:497-498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.497-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The spleen preserved
	Rogerio A F Gonzaga
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The spleen preserved
	Charles J Wright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.498-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma in children: diagnosis
	A N P Speight
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.498-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Augmentin (amoxycillin-clavulanic acid) compared with co-trimoxazole in urinary tract infections
	Gerard Reissmann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.499 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Campylobacter infection mimicking Crohn's disease
	A R Quayle, G Jacob, K Rogers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.499-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Campylobacter infection mimicking Crohn's disease
	David Slater
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.499-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Induction of ovulation with pulsatile luteinising hormone releasing hormone
	Robert P S Jansen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.499-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human insulin: a misleading advertisement
	Simon Walford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths from asthma
	W T Berrill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.500-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unrecognised femoral fractures in patients with paraplegia due to multiple sclerosis
	Peter Williams, Andrew Frank
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unrecognised femoral fractures in patients with paraplegia due to multiple sclerosis
	Christine M Crawford, T Alcorn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.501-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The GMC asks the DHSS to hurry up
	H W Ashworth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.501-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC annual report
	D F Hawkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.501-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appalled junior surgeons at St Thomas's Hospital
	M D Vickers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.501-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conscience and nuclear war
	John Humphrey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should pharmacists be able to prescribe?
	R Dickinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.502-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Possible crisis in radiology departments
	F W Wright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.502-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community health doctors need not "rage and despair"
	Alwyn Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.502-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medical education
	Christopher D Mitchell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Violence and psychosis
	Pamela J Taylor, John Gunn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: What price psychotherapy?
	de Wet S Vorster
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: ABC of poisoning
	John Pring
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hidden dangers of sliced bread
	Alan D Wells, Derek Packham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Writing a thesis on a word processor
	R M Keane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Is routine episiotomy necessary?
	E Fritz Schmerl
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.503-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Musings of a Dean: Going to sea in a sieve
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:481-482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Chicago: Centenary
	George Dunea
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:483-484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	T W Cookson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.493 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Unreviewed Reports
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.470 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Whistle for your wind.
	T W Evans, P Howard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:449-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.449 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	True left ventricular aneurysm.
	D A Tibbutt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:450-451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.450 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services.
	M Roland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:451-452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.451 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circulating growth hormone releasing factor concentrations in normal subjects and patients with acromegaly.
	E S Penny, E Penman, J Price, L H Rees, A M Sopwith, J A Wass, N Lytras, G M Besser
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:453-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.453 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe hypophosphataemia during recovery from acute respiratory acidosis.
	T L Storm
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:456-457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.456 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing saliva (free) oestriol to progesterone ratio in late pregnancy: a role for oestriol in initiating spontaneous labour in man?
	H H McGarrigle, G C Lachelin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:457-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.457 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex steroid binding patterns in primary biliary cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma.
	M J Iqbal, M L Wilkinson, R Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:459-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.459 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bereavement and cancer: some data on deaths of spouses from the longitudinal study of Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
	D R Jones, P O Goldblatt, D A Leon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:461-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.461 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death certification in cancer of the breast.
	D Brinkley, J L Haybittle, M R Alderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:465-467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.465 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intermittent self catheterisation in adults.
	G M Hunt, R H Whitaker, P T Doyle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:467-468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Failure of long term luteinising hormone releasing hormone treatment for prostatic cancer to suppress serum luteinising hormone and testosterone.
	D Kerle, G Williams, H Ware, S R Bloom
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:468-469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchoconstriction induced by ipratropium bromide in asthma: relation to hypotonicity.
	J S Mann, P H Howarth, S T Holgate
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.469 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deputising services: the portsmouth experience.
	D J Bain
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:471-473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.471 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of deputising services and night visit rates in general practice.
	M G Sheldon, S J Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:474-476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.474 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Becoming pregnant for the first time.
	G B Taylor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:477-478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.477 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening cord blood for sickle haemoglobinopathies in Brent.
	J Henthorn, E Anionwu, M Brozovic
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:479-480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.479 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do you shake hands with mothers of floppy babies?
	T H Koh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of poisoning. Problems in children.
	J Henry, G Volans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:486-489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6443.486 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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