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23 January 1988 (Vol 296, No 6617)
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This week's Articles

NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:295-298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.295
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OBITUARY
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:299-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.299
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:282-284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.282
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This week's Clinical Research

Variability in vibration perception threshold among sites: a potential source of error in biothesiometry
Gareth Williams, Jaswinder S Gill, Vic Aber, Hugh M Mather
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:233-235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.233
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Effective lipid lowering diets including lean meat
G F Watts, W Ahmed, J Quiney, R Houlston, P Jackson, C Iles, B Lewis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:235-237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.235
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Antigen detection in primary HIV infection
M von Sydow, H Gaines, A Sönnerborg, M Forsgren, P O Pehrson, Ö Strannegård
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:238-240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.238
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This week's Correspondence

Testing for HIV: the non-medicolegal view
A J Keidan, I M Franklin, A J Pinching
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.288
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HIV screening in an emergency department
A Gisselbaek, B Hirschel, P F Unger
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.288-a
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Doctors and rubella
Anna Aveline, Rosemary Hall, W Turnbull
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:288-289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.288-b
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The new surgery
John A Shepherd
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.289
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The new surgery
Alan M Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.289-a
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King's College Hospital
Crossley Sunderland, Edward Glucksman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:289-290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.289-b
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Micrometastases in bone marrow in patients with breast cancer
M Untch, Nadia Harbeck, W Eiermann
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.290
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Charging patients for eye tests
Anthony J Bron
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.290-a
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Charging patients for eye tests
Redmond J H Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.290-b
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Charging patients for eye tests
John D Scott, Declan Flanagan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:290-291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.290-c
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Treatment of Paget's disease of bone
David C Anderson, Judy C Cantrill
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.291
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Caffeine and health
Bjarne K Jacobsen, Vidje Hansen
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.291-a
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Clinical experimentation in obstetrics
Denis F Hawkins
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:291-292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.291-b
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Leucocyte sodium pump activity after meals or insulin
John Main, T H Thomas, R Wilkinson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.292
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Child abuse and osteogenesis imperfecta
L S Taitz
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.292-a
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Child abuse and osteogenesis imperfecta
Helen Carty, Donald G Shaw
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.292-b
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Free radicals and Dupuytren's contracture
J M Outhwaite, P Merry, R E Allen, D R Blake
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:292-293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.292-c
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The natural course of gold nephropathy
Clive L Hall
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.293
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Contraceptive services for ethnic minorities
J Tattersall, Jennifer Wordsworth
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.293-a
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Treatment of cardiac arrest by ambulance staff
Geraldine Walters, Edward Glucksman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.293-b
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Sequential hormonochemotherapy in advanced breast cancer
Lowell L Hart
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:293-294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.293-c
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Management of retinal vein occlusion
P Merry, J F Acheson, R A Asherson, G R V Hughes
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.294
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Obstetricians on the labour ward
A F Pentecost
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.294-a
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Time to stop putting the clocks back?
Jean Wilson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.294-b
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Time to stop putting the clocks back?
Mayer Hillman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.294-c
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This week's Leading Articles

Treating Cushing's disease
W J Jeffcoate
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:227-228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.227
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Acanthamoeba keratitis
D L Easty
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.228
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Severe open fractures of the tibia: the courage to amputate
F W Heatley
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.229
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Adenovirus gastroenteritis
D J Wood
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:229-230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.229-a
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The downs and ups of infant mortality
Alison Macfarlane
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:230-231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.230
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Acheson: a missed opportunity for the new public health
John Ashton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:231-232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.231
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This week's Medical Practice

Use of personal computers in a teaching hospital in Zambia
I H Wilson, D A K Watters
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:255-256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.255
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ABC of Dermatology: Viral infections
P K Buxton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:257-261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.257
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New Drugs: Anti-infectives
Roger Finch
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:261-264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.261
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Conversations with Consultants: Dr F the physician
Tony Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:265-266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.265
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The funding of medical research: going up or coming down?
Richard Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:267-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.267
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Nursing Grievances: IV: Not a profession, not a career
Tony Delamothe
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:271-274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.271
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What should psychiatrists be doing in the 1990s?
Glin Bennet
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:274-275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.274
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Everyday Aids and Appliances: Collars and corsets
G J Huston
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.276
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Letter from Chicago: Matters of turf
George Dunea
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:277-278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.277
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Portraits from Memory: 24—Sir Graham Wilson, FRS (1895-1987)
James Howie
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:279-280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.279
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Osteolytic lesions in an elderly diabetic woman
Alexander Foss, Hugh Markus
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:280-281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.280
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What's new in the new editions?
Clifford Hawkins
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:284-286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.284
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Personal View
David Seddon
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.287
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This week's Papers and Short Reports

Postpartum thyroid dysfunction in Mid Glamorgan
Hedy Y M Fung, Minosh Kologlu, Kate Collison, R John, C J Richards, R Hall, A M McGregor
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:241-244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.241
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Malaria in Britain: 1977-86
P A Phillips-Howard, D J Bradley, M Blaze, M Hurn
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:245-248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.245
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Maternal administration of flecainide to terminate and suppress fetal tachycardia
Christopher Wren, Stewart Hunter
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.249
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High dose intravenous methylprednisolone or high dose intravenous gammaglobulin for autoimmune thrombocytopenia
A E G Kr Von Dem Borne, J J E Vos, J G Pegels, L L M Thomas, H Van Der Lelie
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:249-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.249-a
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Antenatal factors associated with obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract by meconium
M Blott, A Greenough, H R Gamsu, K Nicolaides, S Campbell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.250
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This week's Practice Observed

Development of long term use of psychotropic drugs by general practice patients
Andrea Mant, Paul Duncan-Jones, Deborah Saltman, Charles Bridges-Webb, Linda Kehoe, Gwenda Lansbury, Alan H B Chancellor
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:251-254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.251
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This week's Supplement

The Week
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.301
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Make or break year for NHS?
John Warden
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.302
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Return of the public health doctor: Acheson report boosts public health
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:303-304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.303
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Early and partial retirement for consultants
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:305-306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.305
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GMC professional conduct committee
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6617.306
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