Need for antibiotic prophylaxis during hair electrolysis?
	T K Daneshmend
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1693-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	C reactive protein concentrations during long distance running.
	B McConkey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1696-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Low protein diets in chronic renal disease.
	A J Williams, S E Bennett, J Walls
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1696-1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1696-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1699-1700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1699 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1701-1703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1701 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1686-1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1686 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Consensus development conference: coronary artery bypass surgery
	Paul Ford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1690 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consensus development conference: coronary artery bypass surgery
	Celia Oakley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1690-1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1690-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consensus development conference: coronary artery bypass surgery
	A M Johnson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1691 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, drugs, and the DHSS
	Andy Rose
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1691-1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1691-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, drugs, and the DHSS
	A J Merry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1692 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, drugs, and the DHSS
	Lesley A M Wills
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1692-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, drugs, and the DHSS
	J Hampson, M Orme, C Bartzokas, S F M Grimmer, J Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1692-1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1692-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors in mortality from coronary and cerebral thrombosis in winter
	John Pemberton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1693 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Help for the child who is sexually abused
	Arnon Bentovim
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1693-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Help for the child who is sexually abused
	C N Barry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1693-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health Act
	Stanley Bute
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1694 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health Act
	T Hari Singh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1694-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	J P Sloan, A F Dove
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1694-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	J A Barrett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1694-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	David V Skinner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1694-1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1694-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	J Meyrick Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1695 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	P D Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1695-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oblique rib views after blunt chest trauma: an unnecessary routine?
	J Danher, B Eyes, K Kumar
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1695-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis in hospital doctors
	Norman R Grist, John A N Emslie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1695-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scandinavian model for eliminating measles, mumps, and rubella
	P T C Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1695-1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1695-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mixed appointment systems
	R J Gallow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1696 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaphylactic reaction to aprotinin
	M J McMahon, A T R Axon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1696-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaphylactic reaction to aprotinin
	Milo Keynes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1696-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Greenham Common
	Walter M Kirkendall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Demise of "World Medicine"
	P V Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Children in a persistent vegetative state
	D W D Clarke
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Failure of the cervical cytology screening programme
	Hugh Cameron McLaren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Measles immunisation
	A G M Campbell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Plasma lipids and insulin in gall stone disease
	Rosaleen Devery, Gerald Tomkin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1697-1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1697-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: A thing of beauty?
	Victoria Owen-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: End of static decade for coronary disease?
	Joan Richardson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Clawing back income
	T D Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Lymphocytes are rhythmic: is this important?
	Francis Sandor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Long term follow up of untreated primary hyperparathyroidism
	Roger A Fisken
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Diarrhoea, dehydration, and drugs
	Martin Schweiger
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Menopause
	Jean Coope
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Drug interactions and β blockers
	G G De Bono, C M Kaye
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Deaths related to smoking
	J A Roberts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1698-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medical journals in the Third World: problems and possibilities
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1684-1685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1684 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	E M Glaser
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1689 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Why measure cholesterol after myocardial infarction, and when?
	M F Oliver
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1641-1642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1641 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aseptic rituals unmasked.
	S Selwyn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1642-1643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1642 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Slow release theophyllines and chronic bronchitis.
	G M Cochrane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1643-1644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1643 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relevance of increased serum thyroxine concentrations associated with normal serum triiodothyronine values in hypothyroid patients receiving thyroxine: a case for "tissue thyrotoxicosis".
	P E Jennings, B P O'Malley, K E Griffin, B Northover, F D Rosenthal
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1645-1647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1645 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful plasma exchange in type 1 leprosy reversal reaction.
	F Lucht, G Rifle, H Portier, J M Chalopin, J Bonhomme
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1647-1648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1647 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plasma theophylline concentrations, six minute walking distances, and breathlessness in patients with chronic airflow obstruction.
	W V Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1649-1651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1649 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How soon after myocardial infarction should plasma lipid values be assessed?
	R E Ryder, T M Hayes, I P Mulligan, J C Kingswood, S Williams, D R Owens
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1651-1653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1651 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fast neutron treatment as an alternative to radical surgery for malignant tumours of the facial area.
	M Catterall, P R Blake, R P Rampling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1653-1655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1653 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postmortem diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia.
	S Leadbeatter, D Stansbie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1656 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Miscibility of human and bovine ultralente insulin with soluble insulin.
	I Mühlhauser, C Broermann, M Tsotsalas, M Berger
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1656-1657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1656-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What are safe levels of alcohol consumption?
	P Anderson, A Cremona, P Wallace
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1657-1658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1657 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyponatraemia associated with trimethoprim and a diuretic.
	R Eastell, C J Edmonds
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1658-1659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1658 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abnormalities of cardiac conduction in diabetics.
	R L Blandford, A C Burden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1659 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nasal obstruction in healthy neonates.
	T A Mugliston, D B Mitchell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1659-1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1659-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Serologically proved intrauterine infection with parvovirus.
	P D Knott, G A Welply, M J Anderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1660 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sources of error in recording the blood pressure of patients with hypertension in general practice.
	H R Patterson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1661-1664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1661 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Helen House--a hospice for children: analysis of the first year.
	S R Burne, F Dominica, J D Baum
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1665-1668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1665 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	On the state of the public ill health: premature mortality in the United Kingdom and Europe.
	J C Catford, S Ford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1668-1670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1668 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health care in the district hospital.
	H G Egdell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1671-1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1671 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Writing it down.
	P Snell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1674-1678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1674 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How hospitals are built.
	J Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1679-1681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1679 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perianal abscess: "Have I excluded leukaemia"?
	D N Slater
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1682 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dr Gee defends his treatment.
	C Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1683-1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1683 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pathology laboratories, management, and the future: fact or fantasy? A glimpse into a crystal ball.
	G W Pennington
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1706-1707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1706 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1704 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private members' medical Bills
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1705 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC's professional conduct committee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1708 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fees agreed by BMA
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1984;289:1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6459.1708-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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