Correction: Comroe and Dripps revisited
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.110 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Potassium citrate mixture: soothing but not harmless?
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-f [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:138-140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.138 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:141-143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.141 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:126-128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.126 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Human retroviral infections in The Gambia: prevalence and clinical features
	D C W Mabey, R S Tedder, A S B Hughes, P T Corrah, S J F Goodison, T O'Connor, F C Shenton, S B Lucas, H C Whittle, B M Greenwood
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:83-86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.83 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bronchial hyperreactivity in patients who cough after receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
	Christine E Bucknall, J Brian Neilly, Roger Carter, Robert D Stevenson, Peter F Semple
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:86-88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.86 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Carers' revolt?
	G C J Bennett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.130 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The market philosophy versus civilised standards
	Eirian Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:130-131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.130-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypophosphataemia in acute liver failure
	A Davenport, E J Will
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.131 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypophosphataemia in acute liver failure
	K P Moore, Roger Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.131-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Responding flexibly but not gullibly to drug addiction
	Dale Beckett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:131-132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.131-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Responding flexibly but not gullibly to drug addiction
	John Marks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.132 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Supplies of anti-Rh(D)
	C C Entwistle, L A Derrick Tovey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.132-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Supplies of anti-Rh(D)
	Mahes de Silva, Phyllis Teesdale, Marcela Contreras
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.132-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brief intervention by general practitioners against smoking
	David Ryder
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:132-133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.132-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching general practitioners
	A J McDonald
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children born near Seascale
	David Crouch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.133-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical confidentiality in child sexual abuse
	D T D Bulugahapitiya
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:133-134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.133-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plastic surgery
	Bruce N Bailey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.134 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Privatising water: implications for health
	R J White
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.134-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamins and dialysis
	Margaret Allman, David Tiller, A Stewart Truswell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.134-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A test for manpower planning
	J Parkhouse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:134-135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.134-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care and the small practice
	Martyn T Lucking
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acupuncture as an antiemetic
	J W Dundee, K R Milligan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting better health
	A A Gildersleve
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperglycaemia and prophyric attacks
	Claus A Pierach
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The death of Oscar Wilde
	Macdonald Critchley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time to start changing the time?
	D N Baron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.135-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Disasters and BASICS
	Judith M Fisher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Induced abortions after the Chernobyl accident
	Fabio Parazzini, Francesca Repetto, Marina Formigaro, Monica Fasoli, Carlo La Vecchia
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Peritoneal lavage in acute appendicitis
	Mel Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hyperlipidaemia and life insurance
	J D M Douglas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and cough
	Shigenobu Umeki
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Easing pain or hastening death?
	Neil Wilson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Mania induced by biochemical imbalance
	Gabriella Zolese, Rita Henryk-Gutt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.136-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Penile erection due to nifedipine
	H C Rayner, S May, J Walls
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.137 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Exfoliative reaction to vancomycin
	Deborah Neal, R Morton, G R Bailie, S Waldek
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.137-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Systemic response to intralesional steroid therapy
	P Dziewulski, D T Gault, P K B Davis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.137-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Delirium in a patient treated with mainserin
	Robert Z Fisch, Aharon Alexandrowitz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.137-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Carbon monoxide poisoning
	Tim Meredith, Allister Vale
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:77-79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.77 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatry: private and public provision
	Greg Wilkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.79 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgeons and HIV
	A J W Sim, H A F Dudley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.80 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamins and neural tube defects
	Rodney Harris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:80-81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.80-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glasnost on pesticides
	David Coggon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:81-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.81 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Partnership for health: voluntary organisations and the NHS
	Nick Black
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.82 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	How far does prophylaxis against infection in total joint replacement offset its cost?
	Ulf Persson, Fredrik Montgomery, Åke Carlsson, Björn Lindgren, Lennart Ahnfelt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:99-102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.99 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aids for low vision in the elderly
	Jeffrey S Hillman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:102-103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.102 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brain and Osler: collaboration in 1919
	Michael C Brain
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:104-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.104 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Dermatology: Nails
	A L Wright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:106-109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.106 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Settlement of the benoxaprofen case
	Clare Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:109-110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.109 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New Drugs: Respiratory and allergic disease. II. Chronic obstructive airways disease and respiratory infections
	K Fan Chung, Peter J Barnes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:111-115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical research: everybody's doing it
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:116-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.116 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing Grievances: II: Pay
	Tony Delamothe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:120-123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.120 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conversations with Consultants: Mr Q the surgeon
	Tony Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:123-125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.123 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Rita Henryk-Gutt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Omeprazole and ranitidine in treatment of reflux oesophagitis: double blind comparative trial
	T Havelund, L S Laursen, E Skoubo-Kristensen, B N Andersen, S A Pedersen, K B Jensen, C Fenger, F Hanberg-Sørensen, K Lauritsen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:89-92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.89 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upper gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma in patients positive for HIV antibody without cutaneous disease
	I G Barrison, S Foster, J W Harris, A J Pinching, J G Walker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:92-93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.92 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of dual chamber pacing on raised plasma atrial natriuretic peptide concentrations in complete atrioventricular block
	P E Vardas, C M Travill, T D M Williams, A M Ingram, S L Lightman, R Sutton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.94 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early diagnosis of chronic fetal hypoxia in a diabetic pregnancy
	R J Bradley, K H Nicolaides, J M Brudenell, S Campbell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:94-95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.94-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lactose absorption and milk drinking habits in Estonians with myocardial infarction
	M Lember, A Tamm
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:95-96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.95 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Implications of two newly opened ice rinks on an accident and emergency department
	P Freeland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.96 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Paediatric oncology information pack for general practitioners
	J A James, D J Harris, M G Mott, A Oakhill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:97-98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.97 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	How should district allocations be altered for changes in cross boundary flows?
	Gwyn Bevan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:144-145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.144 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Negotiators authorised to discuss white paper with ministers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:146-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.146 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA council elections 1988-90
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6615.148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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