AIDS: the African connection.
	P Jenkins, S R Malthouse, C A Banghan, J M Parkin, A J Pinching
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1284-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1284-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Needlestick injuries in hospital staff.
	H A Waldron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1285 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prostatic carcinoma.
	G H Urwin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1285-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circadian changes in anticoagulant effect of heparin infused at a constant rate.
	J F Schved, J C Gris, J J Eledjam
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1286 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General versus spinal anaesthesia.
	P H Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1286-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Syringes for diabetics.
	K Smith, R G Finch, B Kirk, W J Jeffcoate
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1286-1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1286-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of acute gastroenteritis in children.
	D P Maudgal, J Bradshaw, M H Wansbrough-Jones, H P Lambert
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1287-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Fluid intake during marathon type races
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1279 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1289-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1289 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Demographic changes and resources for the elderly
	Tony Collings
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proposal to outlaw the term "negative trial"
	Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1285-1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1285-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dihydrocodeine in renal failure
	A M Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1287 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dihydrocodeine in renal failure
	John Barnes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1287-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Louis Pasteur and rabies
	Lilian A Bates
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1287-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Peripheral neuropathy during treatment with almitrine
	P Howard, Martin Allen, Keith Prowse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Natural progesterone and antihypertensive action
	Christopher Bell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Is local anaesthetic necessary when using fine gauge needles?
	S Krishna, Philip C W Lyn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Microwave heating of infant feeds
	John Beattie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Unknown hazards of blood transfusion
	Bruce Eton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medical journals in the Third World
	Beryl Ruff
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Long term follow up of untreated primary hyperparathyroidism
	C Nagant de Deuxchaisnes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1288-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Spring Books: Miniatures of mediaeval history
	John Sheeran
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1258-1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1258 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: 200 years at Harvard
	Eugene D Robin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1259-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Bostonian neurologist
	J D Spillane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1260 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Mammoth surgery text
	Miles Irving
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1261-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Examining pregnancy
	Mary Kenny
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1262-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1262 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Hundreds and thousands
	L E Böttiger
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1264-1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1264 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Pioneering medicine in South Africa
	Alex Paton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1266-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1266 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Not Hobson's choice
	S R Palmer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1267-1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Anthologies and anecdotes
	Norma Cosgrave
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1268-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1268 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: The man who made good
	L J Bruce-Chwatt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1269-1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1269 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Facts on sudden infant death
	David Southall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1270-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spring Books: Devastation in SE Asia
	W C Noble
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1271 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Three weeks of the limited list
	James A Grant, Sally Hull, Rod Sutcliffe, David Rawlins, J Winship
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1280-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	I E W Gilmour
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Follow up of patients with breast cancer.
	L E Hughes, S P Courtney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1229-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coagulase negative staphylococcal infections.
	A J Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1230-1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1230 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does nicotine chewing gum work?
	M Raw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1231-1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1231 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postpartum mental disturbances and hormone changes.
	G I Swyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1232-1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1232 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time for a new name for 'frozen shoulder'.
	T D Bunker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1233-1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1233 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leatherwork: a possible hazard to reproduction.
	M Clarke, E S Mason
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1235-1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1235 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Life support for 10 weeks with successful fetal outcome after fatal maternal brain damage.
	J E Heikkinen, R I Rinne, S M Alahuhta, J A Lumme, M E Koivisto, P P Kirkinen, K A Sotaniemi, L S Nuutinen, P A Järvinen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1237-1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1237 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol in the serum and risk of mortality: evidence of a threshold effect.
	U Goldbourt, E Holtzman, H N Neufeld
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1239-1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1239 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Racial and other characteristics of human T cell leukemia/lymphoma (HTLV-I) and AIDS (HTLV-III) in Trinidad.
	C Bartholomew, W Charles, C Saxinger, W Blattner, M Robert-Guroff, C Raju, P Ratan, W Ince, D Quamina, K Basdeo-Maharaj
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1243-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controlled study of withdrawal symptoms and rebound anxiety after six week course of diazepam for generalised anxiety.
	K G Power, D W Jerrom, R J Simpson, M Mitchell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1246-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1246 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mechanism of photosensitivity reactions to diseased celery.
	M J Ashwood-Smith, O Ceska, S K Chaudhary
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1249 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Right ventricular implantation of endometrial adenocarcinoma as a result of temporary pacing.
	J S Chow, R Y Wang, L C Tang, C K Mok
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1249-1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1249-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute renal failure presenting in pregnancy secondary to idiopathic hydronephrosis.
	G J Lewis, S P Chatterjee, A D Rowse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1250-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1250 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Captopril and domiciliary oxygen in chronic airflow obstruction.
	C M Burke, M Harte, J Duncan, H M Connolly, J H Horgan, J Theodore, B Callaghan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Standards for comuter issued prescriptions. General Medical Services Committee/Royal College of General Practitioners Joint Computing Policy Group.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1252-1253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1252 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin B12 injections: considerable source of work for the district nurse.
	J Middleton, W Wells
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1254-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1254 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Society of Authors and its Medical Writers Group.
	P MacLiesh, J H Baron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1256-1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1256 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic swelling of the leg and stasis ulcer.
	J J Pflug, D M Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1273-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A doctor's lot.
	T Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1276-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1276 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1293 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: LMC conference to debate override procedure
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1985;290:1294-1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1294 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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