Halothane and the liver.
	A P Adams, D Campbell, R S Clarke, J W Downing, T E Healy, C J Hull, P Hutton, J G Jones, J Norman, J P Payne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1023 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is there an ideal body weight.
	A Keys
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1023-1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1023-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of molar units for drugs and toxins.
	M Orme
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Angina pectoris-like pains provoked by intravenous adenosine.
	C Sylvén, A Edlund, R Brandt, B Beermann, B Jonzon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1027-1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1027-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Beneficial effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on renal function in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
	S Ahmad
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reversible inhibition of leucocyte sodium pumps by circulating serum factor in essential hypertension.
	L Poston, P J Hilton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1029 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The truth about government spending on the NHS.
	R J Lilford, M E Dalton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1029-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1031-1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1031 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1035-1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1035 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Glue ear and speech development
	A G Gordon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1024 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glue ear and speech development
	Elizabrth Penry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1024-1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1024-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glue ear and speech development
	Richard Morton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glue ear and speech development
	Pat Francis, Tony Waterston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glue ear and speech development
	Robert E Quiney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer aided diagnosis of acute abdominal pain
	P N Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer aided diagnosis of acute abdominal pain
	S Paterson-Brown, J R T Eckersley, H A F Dudley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1025-1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1025-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer aided diagnosis of acute abdominal pain
	Graham C Sutton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1026 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referral to medical outpatients department at teaching hospitals in Birmingham and Amsterdam
	C van Weel, H G M van der Velden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1026-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referral to medical outpatients department at teaching hospitals in Birmingham and Amsterdam: Authors' reply
	R F Westerman, F M Hull
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1026-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound screening for hip abnormalities
	N M P Clarke
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1026-1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1026-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound screening for hip abnormalities
	R A B Mollan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1027 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk factors for uterine fibroids: reduced risk associated with oral contraceptives
	Herbert Ratner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1027-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk factors for uterine fibroids: reduced risk associated with oral contraceptives: Authors' reply
	R K Ross, M P Vessey, M C Pike
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1027-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric anaesthetic services
	William House
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1028-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric anaesthetic services
	Barbara M Morgan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1028-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric anaesthetic services
	Felicity Reynolds
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1028-1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1028-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Graduated elastic stockings
	K R Ward, T Kay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Severe cutaneous reactions to alternative remedies
	Jeremy Swayne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Renal calculi
	J C Gingell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Severe head injury: the first hour
	R A Warren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Quality in general practice: case for the consumer
	Hyman Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The good practice allowance
	R S L Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: What drugs turn urine green?
	J E Coxon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Treatment of choice for childhood tonsillitis
	A D Green
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1030-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Autumn Books: Thoughts, theories, and facts
	Christopher Booth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:999-1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.999 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: Look before you quote
	Kay Dickersin, Peg Hewitt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1000-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1000 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: Bog bodies
	Bernard Knight
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1002-1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: The paranormal defended
	Terry Hamblin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: Men of influence
	Richard Schilling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1004-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: "Youth's a stuff will not endure"
	A W Badenoch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1005-1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: An unequal partnership
	Tony Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: Is this a publication?
	R C Bickerton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: A man with a vision
	Sue Masham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1008-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: Sightless and suffering
	Patrick Trevor-Roper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: After dinner Cookebook
	Ruth Holland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1010 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Autumn Books: The world through rose coloured spectacles
	Walter Gratzer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1011-1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Counting sheep and eating herbs
	George Dunea
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1019 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1021 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Christine Haffner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1022 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Doctors as nutrition educators?: Part II
	Margaret B Clark, Elizabeth M Evans, Margaret B Hamilton-Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:995-998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.995-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Alcohol: a new report, but still going backwards.
	R Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:971-972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.971 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating ovarian cancer.
	R W Burslem, P M Wilkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:972-973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.972 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Indium-111 leucocyte scanning--underused?
	A J Coakley, P J Mountford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:973-974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.973 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where should low birthweight babies be born?
	R Cooke
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:974-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.974 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trace element analysis of hair.
	T L Dormandy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.975 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consumer representation in the NHS.
	N Black
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.976 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Visceral and skin granuloma annulare, diabetes, and polyendocrine disease.
	D J Thomas, M Rademaker, D D Munro, D A Levison, G M Besser
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:977-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.977 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impaired cell mediated immunity in haemophilia in the absence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus.
	R Madhok, A Gracie, G D Lowe, A Burnett, K Froebel, E Follett, C D Forbes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:978-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.978 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of birthplace on infants with low birth weight.
	D Beverley, K Foote, D Howel, P Congdon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:981-983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.981 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of nutrient intake, surgery, sepsis, and long term administration of steroids on muscle function.
	W Brough, G Horne, A Blount, M H Irving, K N Jeejeebhoy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:983-988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.983 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Course of blood pressure in mild hypertensives after withdrawal of long term antihypertensive treatment. Medical Research Council Working Party on Mild Hypertension.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:988-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.988 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zinc state in anorexia nervosa.
	C C Ainley, J Cason, L Carlsson, R P Thompson, B M Slavin, K R Norton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:992-993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.992 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Subacute encephalopathy associated with human immunodeficiency virus in haemophilia A.
	A Rahemtulla, S T Durrant, J M Hows
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.993 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypothyroidism after treatment with ketoconazole.
	N H Kitching
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:993-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.993-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Omeprazole as adjunct to enzyme replacement in severe pancreatic insufficiency.
	C B Lamers, J B Jansen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.994 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles immunisation rates and the good practice allowance.
	D Mant, A Phillips, M Knightley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:995-997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.995 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe hypermagnesaemia due to magnesium sulphate enemas in patients with hepatic coma.
	P O Collinson, A K Burroughs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1013-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1013 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Differences between neurological and neurosurgical approaches in the management of malignant brain tumours.
	S J Wroe, P M Foy, M D Shaw, I R Williams, D W Chadwick, C West, G Towns
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1015-1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1015 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	DHSS waiting list statistics--a major deception?
	P A Sykes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1038-1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1038 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1037 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCHMS: Regional views of manpower proposals
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1040-1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From MASC: Concern about research in manpower initiative
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1042-1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1042 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA council election 1987
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1043 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tories' promise for the NHS
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;293:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.293.6553.1044 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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